Poor 4503 may be tied down and not going anywhere for some time, but that does not prevent its crew from lavishing a little TLC. The Kolad bound RoRo was stabled at Ratnagiri for 5 hours and maybe even more, giving us an idea what it is to be a truck crew using the KR's RoRo service. 30th April 2009

Date: 2009-04-30
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Date/Time 2009 Apr 30 17:09:50 +0100

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@ Manish - thanks for the correction. in fact i knew but i don't know how i typed Thokur. Thanks..

@ Binai - what you say is absolute true. that's why i had mentioned - cook, eat & sleep for the truck drivers..
Posted by Hrishikesh Moghe on 2009 May 03 16:19:02 +0100
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@Manish... the Ro-Ro service does not save much time, but it saves truckers the hassle of tackling the ghat section and lot of fuel. However, a trucker once said me that they load trucks on first-come-first served basis. In case there are too many...
Posted by Binai Sankar on 2009 May 02 17:05:50 +0100
Apu sir, I'm all game! How about this : a group of us railfans hire a lorry in Mangalore, pose as merchants and ride the Ro-Ro upto Kolad and back?

BTW, don't long delays like these defeat the purpose of the Ro-Ro : to save time?
Posted by Manish on 2009 May 02 15:35:25 +0100
Hrishikesh, a small correction - the Ro-Ro terminates at Surtkal and not Thokur. There are also loading points at Verna and Ankola.
Posted by Manish on 2009 May 02 15:33:17 +0100

Ro-Ro service is between Kolad and Thokur
Posted by Hrishikesh Moghe on 2009 May 02 15:25:31 +0100

For a trucker its cook, eat & sleep. it is a regular practice but once i had witnessed at Udupi, a cop arguing with the truck driver who was cooking food on board, trying to convince truck man not to use stoves when on board.
Posted by Hrishikesh Moghe on 2009 May 02 15:24:39 +0100
from where to where this ro-ro service is given?
Posted by ninad (guest) on 2009 May 02 15:19:08 +0100