Question

Which is the most important railway route on the West Coast?
A. Konkan Railway
B. Southwestern Railway
C. South Central Railway
D. South Central East Railway

Answer 1

Hint: Indian Railways is a government agency under the Ministry of Railways that operates India's state-run rail system, operated by the government as a public good and manages the world's third largest rail network.

Complete Answer:
Option A: The most important West Coast railway line is the Konkan Railway, which is a subdivision of the India Railways, which is one of the 17 sections of the Indian Railways but has no dividing structure unlike the other railway zones in India. This service connects Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka in India. It is 756 km in length.
Option B: South Western Railway is one of 18 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hubballi in the state of Karnataka. It was established in 2003. It is 3566 km in length.
Option C: South Central Railway is one of the 18 divisions of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the district is distributed in the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh; it was formed by merging the fragmented districts of Nizam's Guaranteed States Railways on October 2, 1966. It is 5725 km in length.
Option D: South Central East Railway was first part of the South eastern Railway, and then in 1998 was established as a separate railway zone. Its headquarters are at Bilaspur and it includes Nagpur, Raipur and Bilaspur division. Its length is 669.5 km in length.
Therefore, the correct answer is Option ‘A: Konkan railway’.

Note: One of the key achievements of the Indian Railways was the construction of the Konkan Railway in 1998, a 760 km railway line connecting Roha in Maharashtra to Mangalore in Karnataka. It crosses 91 tunnels, 146 rivers and over 1500 bridges.