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MANGALORE: Buoyed by the growing demand for its roll-on, roll-off (RORO) services that sees trucks being carried point-to-point on railway flats, Konkan Railway is planning to go in for a sixth rake after this monsoon. Started in January 1999 with 522 trucks being carried in that fiscal (1998-99), RORO services, since then, have carried 2,54,731 trucks, netting Rs 205.60 crore.

Konkan Railway operates RORO services on Kolad-Verna (Goa) sector, Kolad-Surathkal sector and Ankola-Surathkal sector. While the demand for RORO services is heavy on the first two-sectors, Konkan Railway operates rake on Ankola-Surathkal sector on demand. The running time between Kolad-Verna, a distance of 417km, is 8-10 hours, while that of Kolad-Surathkal (721km) is 21-24 hours, and Ankola-Surathkal (205km) in 3-5 hours.