Monsoon Konkan Crossing : Twins EMD WDG4 41 BCNA Freight Train Crossing at Bhoke : Konkan Railways HD

TRAIN IN RAIN : MONSOON KONKAN RAILWAYS CROSSING : PUNE WDG4 WITH 41 BCNA FREIGHT TRAIN TOWARDS RATNAGIRI CROSSING 10104 MADGAON - MUMBAI CST MANDOVI EXPRESS AT BHOKE STATION OF KONKAN RAILWAYS. 10104/Mandovi Express मांडवी एक्सप्रेस MAO/Madgaon Junction -- CSMT/Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus The Mumbai-Madgaon Mandovi Express is a train which operates between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Madgaon Junction, the main railway station in Goa and is currently operated by the Central Railway and the Konkan Railway. It runs daily with a total travel time of 11 hours and 50 minutes. It has 18 stops on its route. It covers a distance of 580 km. This train is named after the Mandovi River. In previous years before the Konkan Railway came into existence, it used to run between Vasco and Miraj as the Vasco-Miraj MG train and after the Konkan Railway came into existence, it was diverted and made to run from Mumbai to Madgaon and renamed Mandovi Express by Rail Minister Nitish Kumar. In earlier years it used to run with WDM 3a/d of Kalyan/Erode shed and in 2000 it was given WDP 4 of Krishnarajpuram.It is now hauled by a WDP 4 of Hubli. Bhoke railway station is a station on Konkan Railway. It is at a distance of 196.432 km (122.1 mi) down from origin [1].[clarification needed] The preceding station on the line is Ukshi railway station and the next station is Ratnagiri railway station.[2] The only trains that halt here are the Diva Sawantwadi Passenger and Dadar Ratnagiri Passenger. The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR and कोरे) is operated by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993 between Udupi and Mangalore .[1] During its initial years of operation in the mountainous Konkan region, a spate of accidents prompted Konkan Railway to investigate new technologies. The anti-collision devices, the Sky Bus and RORO are a few of the innovations from Konkan Railway.[2] It was the missing link between Mumbai, Maharashtra and Mangalore, Karnataka and the southwestern coastal cities of India. The 741 km (461 mi) line connects Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka states in India. The first train on the completed track was flagged off on January 26, 1998, the Republic Day of India. Freight response to the Konkan Railway was lukewarm, prompting the worried corporation to consider cutting rates.[28] With an outstanding debt of ₹3,375 crore, KRCL was banking on freight traffic to bail it out.[29] In an effort to attract freight traffic, the corporation began creating awareness among local industries on the route. In 1999, the corporation introduced the Roll-on/roll-off (RORO) service, a unique road-rail synergy system, on the section between Kolad in Maharashtra and Verna in Goa,[31] which was extended up to Surathkal in Karnataka in 2004.[32][33] The RORO service, the first of its kind in India, allowed trucks to be transported on f