important stations on the Konkan Railway. The nearest railway junctions are Pune and Kolhapur on the central railway. The Ratnagiri railway station is situated at a distance of 6 km from Ratnagiri city on NH-204. Nearly every train running on Konkan Railway stops at Ratnagiri Station.
Most frequently used trains to reach Ratnagiri from Mumbai are 10111 - Mumbai Madgaon Konkankannya Express, 11003 - Dadar Sawantwadi Express, 10103 - Mumbai Madgaon Mandovi Express, 12051 - Mumbai Madgaon Janshatabdi Express, 16345 - Mumbai Trivandrum Netravati Express, 12619 - Mumbai Mangalore Matsyagandha Express & 12201 - Mumbai Kochuveli Garibrath Express.
Also there are two passenger trains 50105 - Diva Sawantawadi Passenger train. To catch this train one can catch any suburban train from Mumbai moving towards Kalyan and get down at Diva station another poassenger train is 50103 - Dadar Ratnagiri Passenger. 50103 halts at Dadar, Thane, Diva so one can opt any nearest station to board the train.
All the trains on this route runs have two time tables - a monsoon time table (usually running from 1 June to 31 October), where trains usually run at a reduced speed, and a regular timetable when trains usually run at normal speed.
The fastest train on this route is 12431 - Hazrat Nizamuddin Trivandrum Rajdhani Express and the second fastest train to ply MAdgaon is 12051 - Mumbai CST Madgaon Kokankannya Express which takes hardly 8 hours to reach Goa with two classes of journey ( one is 2S commonly known as Second Seating with a fare about Rs. 200/- whereas second is CC commonly known as AC Chair Car with a fare of around Rs. 800/-.
The MSRTC has introduced many bus services from the station to city. The other important stations in Ratnagiri District are Chiplun, Khed and Vithalwadi. While booking a train ticket to Ratnagiri, you should book your ticket a month early because most of the month the trains are full.
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