type public limited industry railways founded 19 july 1990 headquarters navi mumbai area served maharashtra goa and karnataka key people e. sreedharan parent indian railways website konkanrailway.com surathkal station on konkan railway route konkan railway corporation krc is a subsidiary of the indian railways ir . it operates the konkan railways a subsidiary zone of the indian railways . it is headquartered at cbd belapur in navi mumbai . the company started its full operations of trains on 26 january 1998 . the first passenger train which ran on konkan railway tracks on 20 march 1993 between udupi and mangalore . 1 konkan railway corporation is at the forefront of research and development of new technologies and concepts for indian railways . citation needed during its initial years of operations 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 railways . contents 1 anti collision device network 2 roro 3 see also 4 references 5 external links anti collision device network edit main article anti collision device is a form of automatic train protection . roro edit trucks on train roro roro means roll on roll off where loaded trucks are directly carried by railway wagons to their destination . konkan railways passes through tough terrains of india . there is nh 17 passing through same route . truck drivers find it extremely difficult to drive loaded trucks through ghats undulating surfaces narrow roads and poor road and weather conditions . the krc came with concept of roro where loaded trucks are moved on wagons and are travelled by train . this has helped in saving of fuels decrease in wear and tear of lorries trucks relief to drivers of driving in extreme conditions can reach faster to destination . this also helps in decongestion of roads and lowering of pollution . this concept has been beneficial for both truck operators and krcl . see also edit intermodal flatcar intermodal freight transport modalohr piggy back roadrailer rolling highway references edit http www.konkanrailway.com content operating department overview 1 external links edit official website indian railways raksha kavacha acd indian railways information v t e indian railways authority ministry of railways railway board zones central railway east central railway east coast railway eastern railway north central railway north eastern railway north western railway northeast frontier railway northern railway south central railway south east central railway south eastern railway south western railway southern railway west central railway western railway kolkata metro production units chittaranjan locomotive works chittaranjan diesel locomotive works varanasi diesel loco modernisation works patiala integral coach factory chennai rail coach factory raebareli rail coach factory kapurthala rail wheel factory bengaluru rail wheel plant bela railway depots diesel golden rock pune samastipur memu kollam subsidiaries bharat wagon and engineering burn standard company braithwaite & co. container corporation of india dedicated freight corridor corporation of india high speed rail corporation of india indian railway finance corporation indian railway catering and tourism corporation irctc ircon international konkan railway corporation mumbai railway vikas corporation rail vikas nigam limited railtel corporation of india rites autonomous organisations central organisation for railway electrification central organisation for modernisation of workshops research design and standards organisation centre for railway information systems cris railway recruitment control board rail land development authority training institutes indian railway institute of civil engineering indian railway institute of electrical engineering indian railways institute of mechanical and electrical engineering indian railway institute of signal 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railway bombay baroda and central india railway cutch state railway named trains ajanta express ashram express august kranti rajdhani express avantika express azad hind express bandra terminus jamnagar saurashtra janta express bhopal mumbai express deccan express deccan odyssey deccan queen devagiri express lokmanya tilak terminus ernakulam duronto express gitanjali express goa express godaan express the golden chariot grand trunk express gujarat mail himsa express howrah mumbai superfast express hussainsagar express hutatma express hyderabad pune express indore bandra express indore duronto express jabalpur somnath express jaipur superfast express jalna jan shatabdi express jhelum express jnaneswari express konkan kanya express karnavati express mandovi express mahanagari express maharashtra express mumbai cst chennai express mumbai new delhi duronto express mumbai rajdhani express nagpur duronto express patna kota express pune manduadih gyan ganga express punjab mail pushpak express 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section guntur repalle section jolarpettai shoranur line kazipet vijayawada section kollam sengottai branch line kollam thiruvananthapuram trunk line khurda road visakhapatnam section kothavalasa kirandul line manamadurai virudhunagar line mysore bangalore railway line mysore chamarajanagar branch line nagpur hyderabad line nilambur nanjangud rail line proposed nilambur shoranur railway line nilgiri mountain railway palakkad pollachi line pagidipalli nallapadu railway line peralam karaikal line sabari railway line proposed shimoga talaguppa railway shoranur cochin harbour section shoranur mangalore section solapur guntakal section vijayawada chennai section vijayawada guntur section visakhapatnam vijayawada section ernakulam kayamkulam coastal railway line guntakal vasco da gama section pune miraj londa line bangalore arsikere hubli line pamban dhanushkodi branch line defunct urban and suburban rail transport chennai chennai suburban railway chennai mass rapid transit system chennai metro hyderabad multi modal transport system hyderabad metro rail bangalore bangalore commuter rail namma metro kochi kochi metro monorails bangalore chennai coimbatore kozhikode tiruchirappalli thiruvananthapuram defunct railways cochin state forest tramway kundala valley railway railway divisions bangalore chennai bangalore hubli madurai mysore palakkad salem thiruvananthapuram tiruchirappalli named trains ahilya nagari express ajmer hyderabad meenakshi express andaman express amritha express anantapuri express andhra pradesh express bangalore city ernakulam intercity express bangalore rajdhani express bhagmati express brindavan express chalukya express chamundi express charminar express chemmozhi express chennai rajdhani express chennai alleppey express chennai central coimbatore shatabdi express chennai hazrat nizamuddin duronto express chennai jaipur express chennai madurai duronto express chennai mysore shatabdi express chennai thiruvananthapuram ac duronto express chennai egmore mangalore central express chennai central vijayawada jan shatabdi express cheran express cholan express circar express cocanada ac express coimbatore chennai express coimbatore jaipur express coimbatore nagercoil express coimbatore tuticorin link express coimbatore rameswaram express coromandel express ernad express ernakulam h.nizamudin duronto falaknuma express ganga kaveri express godavari express gol gumbaz express golconda express golden chariot goutami express grand trunk express guruvayur express hampi express himsa express himsagar express hirakud express howrah chennai mail howrah kanyakumari express hussainsagar express hyderabad pune express indore yesvantpur express island express janmabhoomi express kanyakumari express kanyakumari mumbai express kaveri express kerala express krishna express kollam visakhapatnam express kongu express kovai express lal bagh express lokmanya tilak terminus ernakulam duronto express malabar express mangala lakshadweep express mangalore yaswanthpur express manikarnika express mannai express marusagar express matsyaganda express maveli express mayiladuthurai mysore express mumbai cst chennai express mysore tuticorin express nagarjuna express nagercoil passenger nagavali express narayanadri express navjivan express navyug express nellai express netravati express nilgiri express pallavan express pandian express parasuram express pearl city express pinakini express poorna express pothigai express pune ernakulam express rajkot coimbatore express rani chennamma express raptisagar express rockfort express sabari express samata express sanghamithra express satavahana express secunderabad hazrat nizamuddin duronto express secunderabad rajdhani express secunderabad mumbai duronto express sharavati express sethu express silambu express simhapuri express tamil nadu express tea garden express thirukural express tippu express tirumala express tiruchirappalli howrah superfast express tiruchirappalli mayiladuthurai express 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