page_title: Konkan Railway
section_title: Completion
hierarchical_section_title: Konkan Railway / History / Completion
caption_attribution_description: English: Karwar Railway Station
context_page_description: The Konkan Railway is a railway operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation, with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi and Mangalore. During its initial years of operation in the mountainous Konkan region, a number of accidents prompted Konkan Railway to implement new technology. Anti-collision devices, the Sky Bus and roll-on/roll-off are several of the railway's innovations. The 741-km line connects the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. The first train on the completed track was sent off on 26 January 1998. Konkan railways has 34 stations present in Maharashtra
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  Capital investment in Konkan railway:
  Central Government 51%
  Maharashtra Government 22%
  Karnataka Government 15%
  Kerala and Goa Governments 6%
  Konkan railway project reduces the traveling distance between Mumbai and Kochi by 650 km.
context_section_description: Work progressed on the line. In March 1993, the southern 47-kilometre (29 mi) between Thokur and Udupi in Karnataka was placed into service, followed by the northern 47-kilometre (29 mi) section between Roha and Veer in Maharashtra in June of that year. The first passenger train on the route ran between Mangalore and Udupi on 20 March 1993. The service was extended by 51 kilometres (32 mi) from Veer to Khed in March 1995, and by a further 265 kilometres (165 mi) from Khed to Sawantwadi Road in December 1996. Southern service was extended by 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Udupi to Kundapur in January 1995, and by a further 275 kilometres (171 mi) to Pernem in Goa in August 1997. Through service between Mumbai and Mangalore remained on hold due to a problematic tunnel at Pernem, which experienced repeated cave-ins and flooding. The tunnel was finally completed in January 1998, six years after its construction began. Through services on the line began after the inauguration of the full 740-kilometre (460 mi) stretch from Roha to Mangalore on 26 January 1998. Passenger service on the full route, between Mumbai and Mangalore, began in May 1998.
caption: Karwar railway station
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