Mangaluru : The Navratri plans of an elderly couple from Bengaluru and their daughter and son-in-law in Barkur, Udupi district, went awry. As Bengaluru-Karwar Express (Train No. 16513) was halted on the mainline instead of the platform line at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, Vijaya Bhagwat, 58, fell into a ditch while alighting. She suffered an […]

Mangaluru: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) on Tuesday conducted a meeting here with Members of Parliament along the Konkan network within the State. KRCL Managing Director Sanjay Gupta, in his introductory address, said that the meeting was the outcome of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s several initiatives to improve railway services and amenities to passengers, said […]

Mangaluru : The Railway Protection Force (RPF) attached to Konkan Railway Corporation has rescued 16 runaway children during the first four months of this year in its network. The RPF has been repeatedly rescuing children found lost/abandoned and from trafficking from railway premises and on trains. The RPF has laid special emphasis on the rescue […]

Mangaluru: Personnel of Railway Protection Force on Tuesday helped locate and retrieve vital documents and other valuables that Aimee Lomax, resident of Melbourne, Australia had left behind on CSMT-Mangaluru Express at Madgaon. Aimee who inadvertently boarded the CSMT-Mangaluru Express instead of Mandovi Express from Madgaon to Mumbai alighted from the train in a hurry on […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru railway region’s status of being under three railway zones appears to have again come in the way of speeding up the Bengaluru-Karwar Night Express. While Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction come under Southern Railway, the network beyond Thokur towards Mumbai comes under Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., (KRCL) and the line beyond Padil towards Hassan […]

Mangaluru: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) is all set to invest over Rs. 4,500 crore to double its capacity in the next few years, and the blueprint for this is being prepared, said its chairman and MD Sanjay Gupta on Thursday. He told reporters here that KRCL has already commenced preliminary work in this regard. […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday said he would make available funds from the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme for enhancing passenger amenities at Surathkal Railway Station near here, while urging Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) to continue to maintain cleanliness. He was participating in the Clean India campaign at […]