Lok Sabha Question No. 2833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Merging of Konkan Railway with Indian Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2833 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## MERGING OF KONKAN RAILWAY WITH INDIAN RAILWAYS

2833. SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the reason for delay in merging Konkan Railway with Indian Railways;
- (b)  whether  people  of  the  Coastal  Karnataka,  Kerala  and  Goa  are facing reduced train services due to lack of doubling of railway tracks and if so, the steps taken to conduct a Survey for doubling work of tracks on this sector;
- (c) the details of the specific reasons for the delay in the operation of Vande Bharat, even though the Railways has agreed to provide the much-awaited  Vande  Bharat  railway  service  from  Mangalore  to Mumbai;
- (d) whether it is a fact that Railway services is limited to the above Coastal  region  more  than  any  other  region  and  if  so  the  details thereof; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  comprehensive  improvements  planned  for railway services, including double of tracks in the said region?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (e):      Konkan  Railway  Corporation  Limited  (KRCL)  was established  in  1990  with  five  shareholders,  namely,  Ministry  of Railways, Government of Maharashtra, Government of Goa,

Government  of  Karnataka  and  Government  of  Kerala.  The  Konkan Railway  line  extends  from  Roha  in  Maharashtra  to  Thokur  in Karnataka which passes through difficult terrain of Western Ghats. The present shareholding structure of KRCL is as under: -

|   SN | Name of Share holder                    |   Share in % |
|------|-----------------------------------------|--------------|
|    1 | Government of India through Ministry of |        66.35 |
|    2 | Government of Maharashtra               |        15.11 |
|    3 | Government of Karnataka                 |        10.3  |
|    4 | Government of Goa                       |         4.12 |
|    5 | Government of Kerala                    |         4.12 |

Merger of KRCL is dependent upon the four State Governments who have shareholding in KRCL.

Presently, Mangaluru - Mumbai sector is being served by 28 pairs of train services while Mangaluru - Madgaon sector is presently being served by 33 pairs of train services as under:

Train serving Mangaluru - Mumbai sector:

|   SN | Train No. & Train Name                                                       |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 12431/12432 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express  |
|    2 | 12133/12134 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Mangaluru Junction Express     |
|    3 | 12201/12202 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram North Garib Rath Express |

|   4 | 12217/12218 Thiruvananthapuram North - Chandigarh Kerala Sampark Kranti Express   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | 12223/12224 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Ernakulam Duronto Express                        |
|   6 | 12283/12284 Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express                         |
|   7 | 12483/12484 Thiruvananthapuram North - Amritsar Junction Express                  |
|   8 | 12617/12618 Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express             |
|   9 | 12619/12620 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Mangaluru Central Matsyagandha Express           |
|  10 | 12977/12978 Ernakulam - Ajmer Maru Sagar Express                                  |
|  11 | 16311/16312 Shri Ganganagar - Thiruvananthapuram North Express                    |
|  12 | 16333/16334 Veraval - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express                          |
|  13 | 16335/16336 Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express                                        |
|  14 | 16337/16338 Okha - Ernakulam Express                                              |
|  15 | 16345/16346 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram Central Netravati Express     |
|  16 | 19259/19260 Thiruvananthapuram North - Bhavnagar (T) Express                      |
|  17 | 19577/19578 Jamnagar - Tirunelveli Express                                        |
|  18 | 20909/20910 Thiruvananthapuram North - Porbandar Express                          |
|  19 | 20923/20924 Tirunelveli - Gandhidham Humsafar Express                             |
|  20 | 20931/20932 Thiruvananthapuram North - Indore Express                             |
|  21 | 22113/22114 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram North Express                 |
|  22 | 22149/22150 Ernakulam - Pune Express                                              |

|   23 | 22475/22476 Hisar - Coimbatore Express                              |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   24 | 22629/22630 Dadar Central - Tirunelveli Express                     |
|   25 | 22633/22634 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express  |
|   26 | 22653/22654 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express  |
|   27 | 22655/22656 Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express                   |
|   28 | 22659/22660 Thiruvananthapuram North - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express |

## Train serving Mangaluru - Madgaon sector:

|   SN | Train No. & Train Name                                                          |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 20645/20646 Madgaon - Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express                            |
|    2 | 10107/10108 Madgaon - Mangaluru MEMU Express                                    |
|    3 | 10215/10216 Madgaon - Ernakulam Express                                         |
|    4 | 11097/11098 Pune - Ernakulam Poorna Express                                     |
|    5 | 12133/12134 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Mangaluru Express                 |
|    6 | 12201/12202 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram North Garib Rath Express    |
|    7 | 12217/12218 Thiruvananthapuram North - Chandigarh Kerala Sampark Kranti Express |
|    8 | 12223/12224 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Ernakulam Duronto Express                      |
|    9 | 12283/12284 Ernakulam - Nizamuddin Duronto Express                              |
|   10 | 12431/12432 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express     |

|   11 | 12483/12484 Thiruvananthapuram North - Amritsar Junction Express              |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   12 | 12617/12618 Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express         |
|   13 | 12619/12620 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Mangaluru Central Matsyagandha Express       |
|   14 | 12977/12978 Ernakulam - Ajmer Maru Sagar Express                              |
|   15 | 16311/16312 Shri Ganganagar - Thiruvananthapuram North Express                |
|   16 | 16333/16334 Veraval - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express                      |
|   17 | 16335/16336 Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express                                    |
|   18 | 16337/16338 Okha - Ernakulam Express                                          |
|   19 | 16345/16346 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram Central Netravati Express |
|   20 | 19259/19260 Thiruvananthapuram North - Bhavnagar (T) Express                  |
|   21 | 19577/19578 Tirunelveli - Jamnagar Express                                    |
|   22 | 20909/20910 Thiruvananthapuram North - Porbandar Express                      |
|   23 | 20923/20924 Tirunelveli - Gandhidham Humsafar Express                         |
|   24 | 20931/20932 Thiruvananthapuram North - Indore Express                         |
|   25 | 22113/22114 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvananthapuram North Express             |
|   26 | 22149/22150 Ernakulam - Pune Express                                          |
|   27 | 22475/22476 Hisar - Coimbatore Express                                        |
|   28 | 22629/22630 Dadar Central - Tirunelveli Express                               |
|   29 | 22633/22634 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express            |

|   30 | 22653/22654 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   31 | 22655/22656 Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express                    |
|   32 | 22659/22660 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Thiruvananthapuram North Express  |
|   33 | 56615/56616 Madgaon - Mangaluru Central Passenger                    |

164  Nos.  Vande  Bharat  services  are  being  operated  on  the  Indian Railways network. Of these, on originating/terminating basis, 24 nos. Vande Bharat services are catering to the needs of various stations located in the State of Maharashtra, 22 nos. services in the State of Karnataka, 4 nos. services in the State of Goa and 6 nos. in the state of  Kerala,  which  includes  Vande  Bharat  trains  running  between Mangaluru-Madgaon and Madgaon-Mumbai station.

Out of the 739 route km of Konkan Railway jurisdiction, doubling of about 55 km between Roha- Veer and Madgaon- Majorda sections has already been completed. To increase the capacity of the balance 685 km route, doubling is required. This requires substantial investment with the contribution from all the shareholding State Government.

The  concerned  State  Governments  have  been  approached  by  the Ministry of Railways for contributing towards capital expenditure in KRCL as per their share.

In  the  meanwhile,  KRCL  has  taken  up  the  work  of  preparation  of detailed project report (DPR)  for the doubling of identified sections (approx 263 km) to increase the capacity of route.

Further, sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following: · Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  remunerativeness  of  the proposed route · First and last mile connectivity provided by the project · Connection of missing links and providing additional route · Augmentation of congested/saturated lines · Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives, · Railway's operational requirements · Socio-economic considerations · Overall availability of funds

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