Braganza Ghats

Braganza Ghats
Forests nearby Dudhsagar Falls in Braganza Ghats Area
LocationKarnataka - Goa border, India
RangeWestern Ghats (Sahyadri)
Coordinates15°22′44″N 74°18′19″E / 15.378881°N 74.305291°E / 15.378881; 74.305291
Braganza Ghats is located in Karnataka
Braganza Ghats
Braganza Ghats is located in Goa
Braganza Ghats

Braganza Ghats are a stretch of hill section in the Western Ghats alias Sahyadri Range at the Karnataka – Goa border. This 26 km ghat section rail road connects coastal Goa to the hinterlands of Karnataka and other parts. It has three stations en route in the ghats – Caranzol, Doodhsagar and Sonaulim.[1]

Location

The Braganza Ghat section is located on the Karnataka-Goa border in the Western Ghats. It starts from Castle rock in Karnataka and ends up at Kulem in Goa. Prior to the Konkan Railways this was the only way one could have reached Goa via rail.[2]

Stations

The 26 km section of ghats starts at Castle Rock in Karnataka and ends at Kulem in Goa and has 3 stations en route - Caranzol, Doodhsagar and Sonalium.

Both the uphill as well as the downhill trains have commercial halts at Castle Rock and Kulem which also serve as the stations for attachment and detachment of brakes. But, the trains do not have commercial halts at the three en route stations.

While descending the ghats, a train - whether passenger or freight - has to stop at all the 3 stations for mandatory brake tests; whereas, the uphill trains are not required to halt unless there is a crossing.

Tourist attraction

Its fame is mostly derived from the waterfalls which slide down gracefully in its midst, somewhere in the middle of the ghat with the name Dudhsagar Falls or Sea of Milk.It is one of the most beautiful falls in all of India. The speciality of this location is it is only connected by the railroad. The panorama offer high waterfall as a backdrop to the trains passing right in front of it.

Train movement

Braganza Ghat
Legend
 Legend:
Railway
km
to Londa
Castle Rock
Caranzol
Dudhsagar Falls
Dudh Sagar Water Fall
Sonalium
Kulem
to Madgaon

The route earlier belonged to the South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways but after the formation of South Western Railways. In 2003 it came under the Hubli division of South Western Railways.

Tens of thousands of tons of freight move up and down the ghat section. The Braganza Ghat Section is one of the toughest ghat sections in Indian Railways. The ruling gradient here is 1 in 37 which requires the use of bankers. Earlier the Gooty shed's WDM-3A and WDG-3A class ALCO-locomotives were used as triplets, and since 2000, the new modern EMD 710 based WDG-4 locomotives of Hubli shed came into use, still as triplets. The dynamic breaking system installed in the WDG4 locomotives, made them popular and important in this steep section. Hubli is the nearest loco shed has almost 250 of these locos.[3]

There are quite a few passenger trains plying this section. Freight consists mostly of iron ore being transported from the interior regions of Karnataka to the ports for export. In return the rakes bring in coal, fertilizers and the like.

References

  1. ^ "Castlerock, Kulem and the wonderful heaven called Braganza in between!". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Information about Castle Rock - Kulem Section of SWR in the Braganza Ghats, Goa". India Rail Info. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Auto-Emergency Brakes (AEB)". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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