Konkan Rail electrification project commissioned, cargo train first service on route from Goa's Margao

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Union Minister Shripad Naik and Goa PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral were among those present at Margao railway station on Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation virtually from Bengaluru the electrification of Konkan Railway. A cargo train was the first service to run from Margao on the newly electrified route, a KRCL official informed.

He said the electrification of KR was imperative for seamless travel as routes connected to it, like Southern Railway's Mangalore-Shoranur section, Central Railway's Panvel-Pen-Roha, were being operated on electric traction. He said the KR route passes through the Sahayadri Hills and electrification will help conserve its rich natural heritage as well as flora and fauna.