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on an

ra ways

was

constructe

on

t

s

thebiggestprojectundertakenbytheIndian.

Ithas

aroute

length

of

762km

in

broad

gauge ravers ng3s a esv z arna a a, oaandMaharashtrawith59stations.

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e

on an

s

a

coasta

str p

o

an

oun e

bytheSahyadrihillsontheeastandArabian.

breathes

side

by

side

with

economic

growth;

,forestcover,andalandscapefringedwith

.

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erou e sas ng e ne rac ,an sno e ec r e ye .

Ithas

been

designed

for

high

speed

traffic

(160

km/h).

It

isopentogoodsandpassengertraffic.Theroute,which

runsparalleltotheArabianseacoastline,offerssomeof

the

most

spectacular

views

of

any

Indian

rail

journey.The

atmanyplaces.TheNH17alsorunsbetweenMumbai

andMangaluru.

AlthoughKR

is

currently

single

line,

KR

and

South

WesternRailwaylinesrunparallelfromMajordato

Mad aon makin thatsectionadoubleline.

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Loosesoilandnon

1500riversto

un orm

strataExtremely

MAJORBoringofthe

westernSeismic

ghats

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.

Length

762km

Rulinggradient 150(compensated|)

Number ofstations 59

Numberofmajorbridges 179(withtotallinearwaterwayof21.50

Kms .)

Numberofminorbridges 1819(linearwaterwayof5.73Kms .)

Numberof tunnels 92(totallength83.60Kms.)

Lon esttunnel 6. Km. Karbude tunnel

Longestbridge 2065.8m.(Sharavati riverbridge)

Tallestviaduct 64metersinheight(Panval viaduct)

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a a a oo s10to12 eeta ovet egroundinjune1994.

Inju y1997anentiremountainsi eco apse

at

Ukshi. Justmonthsbeforethecompletionofthe

pernamtunnelamajor collapsetookplace.

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Landhadtobe

acqu re rom

42000different

landowners.

Specialcarehad

tobe

taken

while

providing

centrifugaland

jetfan

ventilation

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Embankmentsof

the

depth

of

25m

hadtobemade.

Cuttingsofan

average

depth

of

made.

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TheJune16accidentinvolving

highlightsthe

need

for

fool

proofsafetymeasuresagainstlandsli sontheKonkanRailway,particularlyduringthemonsoon.

warningsignalonthesectionofthetrackwheretheaccidentha ened.Itranthrou ha

fivemetre

cutting

and

was

thoughttobenotpronetolandslips.

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warnan

approaching

train

with

flashing

lights

and

hooter

at

arange

of500m,sothatthedriverisenabledtoreduceimpactwithafallen.

UsinghighlysensitiveElectronicPendulums havingminiradio

transmitterslinked

to

aradio

modem

which

in

turn

communicates

,

predictivefailurewarningsothatsimultaneousfailureofcuttingand

arrivaloftraindonottakeplace.

andcoupledwithACDtechnologynetworkthroughwirelessconnectivity,isalsobeingdevelopedbyKRCLforrealtimereaction

.

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:

portal,to

aheight

of

1.5

m

above

rail

level,

and

awidth

of

2.5

m,

sandbagsarestackedwithagapof100 150mmevery2metresto

Berms :Tomakethetunnelapproachesmorestable,upto50 60

metreslength

of

tunnel

approach

or

until

we

reach

aheight

of

the

, ,

platform)ofabout34metreswillbeprovidedincaseofsoilmixed

withboulders.

approachcuttingforthetunnelisinrock,thentunnelportalsandtheapproachcutsshouldbeprotectedwithaspecialsteelbouldernet.

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Alllateriterockcuttingswhich wererequiringblastingatthe

timeofconstruction,willnowbetreatedaslateritesoiland1:1

s opesw ermsw eprov e .

Allrockcuttings,exceptthosealreadyprovidedwithrock

specialsteelbouldernets

Excepthard

rock

cuttings,

in

all

other

cuttings

toe

protection

wall(atthebaseofthecutting)orpitching(puttinglayerof

rocksalongtheslope)upto2metreheightwillbeprovided.

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ManyFirsts

WhentherailwaywasopenedtothepubliconJan26,1998,ithad

ForthefirsttimeinIndiafundsfortheprojectwereraisedwithouttouchingthegovernmentcoffers.TheauthorisedcapitalofRs.800croreswaspooledtogetherbytherailwaysandthestatesofKerala,Karnataka

andGoa

and

Maharashtra.

This

was

leveraged

by

means

of

public

bonds

to

eex en o s.2250crores.

Theprojectalsoemployedtheleastnumberofpeopleinitsmanagement:atitspeakamere2400,allin.

Aninternational

record

in

tunnel

boring

was

set:

the

Natuvadi

tunnel's

204metrespermonthbeattheprevious187metres.

Finall totheamazementofIndians the ro ectwascom letedinamere8years,whichisabarewinkofaneyeinIndia.

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CONCLUSION

TodaytheKonkanRailway,wendsitsfastandsafeway

throu hsceniccountr notdes oiltb the iecesof

engineering

created

for

it.

In

fact

Konkan

Railway

is

an

Indian

triumphinmanyareas:engineering,efficiency,innovation,

, , , ,

aestheticsandservice.A760kMrailpath,laidonfairlyflatrails

overrivers

and

valleys

and

through

mountains

and

gorges,

it

was esigne an ui t yIn ianengineersinarecor timeo

eightyears!ItisafeatofcivilengineeringthattheBritishhad

contemplatedacenturyagoandabandonedasbeingtoo

formidable.

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