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01 May - Konkan Railway commorative stamp was issued 1998

 

A commemorative postage stamp issued on (01 May 1998). The completion of the Konkan Railway ,link between Mumbai Maharashtra and Karnataka : The Konkan Railway  is one of the 19 railway zones in India 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. The 756.25 km (469.91 mi) long railway line connects the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. The first train on the completed track was sent off on 26 January 1998

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