WDP4B 16346 Netravati Express Crossing Nivasar Station : High Speed Konkan Railways

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GOC WDPB4 WITH 16346 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - MUMBAI LTT NETRAVATI EXPRESS CROSSING AND SKIPPING NIVASAR STATION OF KONKAN RAILWAYS : HIGH SPEED KONKAN RAILWAYS.

16346/Netravati Express (PT)
നേത്രാവതി എക്സ്പ്രസ്സ്‌     नेत्रावती एक्सप्रेस
TVC/Thiruvananthapuram Central (Trivandrum) -- LTT/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

The Netravati Express is a daily express train running between Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai. The train runs through Konkan railway.
Initially the train was plied between Mumbai to Mangalore/Kochi as Link via the inland Pune, Gulbarga, Krishnarajapuram, Palakkad route parting at Shornur Junction. Trains on the old route used to take 48 hours to reach Mangalore from Mumbai. After the Konkan Railway line was operational in 1998, the route has been changed via the Konkan Railway and the Mangalore-Mumbai running time was reduced drastically to 16 hours. The link express was made a single train till Kochi[1] and further extended till Thiruvananthapuram (which is the capital city of Kerala) from 10 February 2001.
Mangalore city is situated at the banks of the Netravati River. Since this trains terminating point was Mangalore back then, the name of the train was set as Netravati Express.
A WDP-4D, belonging to Golden Rock,or a WDM 3D of Erode Shed hauls the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Mangalore Junction after which an Erode based WAP-4 hauls the train for the remainder of its journey.

Nivasar railway station is a station on Konkan Railway. It is at a distance of 196.432 kilometres (122.1 mi) down from origin.[clarification needed] The preceding station on the line is Ratnagiri railway station and the next station is Adavali railway station.

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