Additional summer special on Konkan Railway

Konkan railway will run Summer special trains between CST Mumbai and Madgaon
          

Konkan Railway will run additional special trains between Mumbai CST and Madgaon via Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers.


Train No. 01001 Mumbai CST – Madgaon will be run on 25th April and 2nd May. It will leave from CSTM at 0030 hrs and reach Madgaon at 1130 hrs same day.

Train No. 01002 Madgaon – Mumbai CST will run on 25th April and 2nd May. It will leave from Madgaon at 1230 hrs and reach CSTM at 2355 hrs same day.

The train will have 12 Coaches. The train will halt at Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Vaibhavwadi, Kankavali ,Kudal, Sawantwadi ,Thivim, and Karmali stations.


Train No. 01089 Mumbai CST – Madgaon will  run on 26th April and 3rd May. It will leave from CSTM at 0030 hrs and reach Madgaon at 1130 hrs same day.

Train No. 01090 Madgaon – Mumbai CST will be run on 26th April and 3rd May. It will leave from Madgaon at 1600 hrs and reach CSTM at 0400 hrs next day.

The train will have 12 Coaches. The train will halt at Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Vaibhavwadi, Kankavali, Kudal, Sawantwadi, Thivim, and Karmali stations.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to expediate Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi route connecting Konkan to Western Maharashtra

Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu has said that the Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi railway route survey has been completed and has assured of speeding up the process of constructing the railway line.

"The feasibility study is going on but we will certainly complete the project," Prabhu said on Tuesday at a function at Panaji in Goa. This was his first statement on the issue after taking charge as Union railway minister.

The train service will further connect the city with Jaigarh port, which has started handling larger vessels for import and export.

Prabhu added, "There are two proposals before me— one connecting Karad and Chiplun and another connecting Kolhapur to Vaibhavwadi. Survey reports are already ready with the Railways. There is hardly any forest land that could obstruct the proposal. So, the government is planning to bring clearance for the project."
Elaborating on the need of the project, the minister said, "We want to bring in more business activities to bring down the losses of the Railways. The Vijaydurga site is proposed to be developed as port, which will benefit the state in generating higher revenue. Such a connection of the railway lines with ports will boost trade. Freight charges will also contribute to the Railways' income."

Member of the Zonal Railway Users' Consultant Committee Shivnath Biyani said, "The train service between Kolhapur and Vaibhavwadi is of utmost importance for the district. The unused industrial plots, stagnated demand and higher cost of transport have had an adverse impact on the development of Kolhapur. Once there is rail connectivity, it will bring down the transportation cost. The subsequent benefits will be more investment and employment for all."

"Along with business potential, Kolhapur is also a major tourist destination. Rail connectivity will support the flourishing tourism sector in the district. During the monsoon, train services on the Konkan route get affected. Some of the trains can be diverted from Rajapur and can reach their destination via Kolhapur. As no such connectivity is available at present, it is affecting train service every year," he added.
City MP Dhananjay Mahadik said, "I have been following up on the issue for some months. I have written several letters to the railway board appealing them to take up the issue as will be a mutually benefitting project. It is also necessary for passenger traffic because if there is a problem on the Konkan railway route, the trains can be diverted from Chiplun or Kolhapur."

The Jaigarh port has already started operations and the development company, Jaigarh Infrastructure Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd to lay a railway line from the port to Digni station on the Konkan railway route. It is a Rs 700-crore project and the company itself has invested a major amount

This guy speaks nine languages like a native

Matthew Youlden speaks nine languages fluently and understands more than a dozen more. He’s what is known as a polyglot, a member of the multilingual elite who speaks six or more languages fluently. He’s also a sociolinguist who studies the revitalization of minority languages. But to see him in action on a daily basis – deftly and comfortably talking to native-speakers in their own languages – suggests that he’s more than a polyglot. Matthew, who is originally from Manchester, England, is a language chameleon: Germans think he’s German, Spaniards think he’s Spanish, Brazilians think he’s Portuguese (he proudly speaks the good-old European variety).

By his own account, Matthew has mastered a staggering number of languages by utilizing abilities that we all possess: persistence, enthusiasm and open-mindedness. If your classic polyglot is an über-nerd who studies languages full-time, then Matthew is something different. His version of multilingualism doesn’t isolate him in an ivory tower; it connects him to people all over the world. According to Matthew, the more languages you speak, the more points of view you have:

“I think each language has a certain way of seeing the world. If you speak one language then you have a different way of analyzing and interpreting the world than the speaker of another language does. Even if they’re really closely-related languages such as Spanish and Portuguese, which are to a certain extent mutually intelligible, they are at the same time two different worlds – two different mindsets.

“Therefore, having learned other languages and been surrounded by other languages, I couldn’t possibly choose only one language because it would mean really renouncing the possibility to be able to see the world in a different way. Not in one way, but in many different ways. So the monolingual lifestyle, for me, is the saddest, the loneliest, the most boring way of seeing the world. There are so many advantages of learning a language; I really can’t think of any reason not to.”

Watch the video above to see him flex his skills in Irish, French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew and German.

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Twin Cylinder Royal Enfield Bullet

Bikeportal.in has put in scoop pictures of twin cylinder Royal Enfield with 750cc.  This may be first in Indian motorcycle arena.  RE is always an enthusiast domain, where all the 100cc world is ignored and disrespected.

More about the scoop at http://bikeportal.in/news/scoop-world-exclusive-pictures-of-re-inline-750cc-testing-in-a-continental-gt-chassis-1172.html .

Madgaon Ratnagiri passenger flagged off

New Train no. 50101/50102 Madgaon – Ratnagiri – Madgaon Passenger train was flagged off from Madgaon Station today at 1910 hrs by the Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu.

A number of passengers travel from Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts of Maharashtra to Goa regularly for work and business. The new Madgaon- Ratnagiri -Madgaon Passenger Train will cater to these passengers. During its regular run, the passenger train will depart from Madgaon at 1910 hrs and reach Ratnagiri at 0015 hrs next day. It will depart from Ratnagiri at 0320 hrs and reach Madgaon at 0955 hrs. The train will have 18 coaches.

The Hon’ble Railway Minister also inaugurated enhanced passenger amenities at Madgaon Station, viz. Wi-fi facility, Food Court, Escalator etc. The Food Court will cater to the multitude of passengers who are served by the Station every day. The Food Court will serve different kinds of cuisines from multiple stalls with seating capacity for 150 passengers at a time. KRCL plans to introduce both renowned brands and local products for sale in the Food Court.

The Wi-Fi facility at Madgaon Station will help facilitate seamless internet connectivity for both national / international tourists as well as other passengers. The user will get the service free for the first 30 minutes. The system is designed to cater to Wi-Fi users on Platform no. 1 and 2 at the Station.

The Escalator from Platform No.1 of Madgaon Station to the FOB will provide ease to the differently abled persons, senior citizens and other passengers.
Improvements to the other passenger amenities include additional loop lines, new platforms, direct access to the city from new platform, resurfacing of platforms, increasing covered shelters, signage, Video Walls, relocating and redesigning of parking areas etc.

Dignitaries who graced the occasion were Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa – Shri Laxmikant Parsekar, Shri Narendra Sawaikar – Hon’ble MP, Shri Digambar Kamat – Hon’ble MLA, Shri Vijay Sardessai – Hon’ble MLA, and Shri Gonzaco Rebello – Hon’ble Chairperson Margaon Municipal Council.