Kolad railway station is the first railway station on the

Konkan Railway The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi and ...

. It is at a distance of 12.916 km down from Roha railway station which comes under Konkan Railway. The succeeding station is Indapur railway station, a

halt station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing such ...

. Kolad has one platform serving four halting trains each day. No trains originate from this station. It is located 80 km from

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Lohegaon Lohagaon (''Lohagāva'') ( Marathi: लोहगाव) is a neighbourhood in northeast Pune, India. There is a grand temple of Shri Sant Tukaram Maharaj in Lohagaon. A big kirtan festival is celebrated every year and a big fair is held. Shiva J ...

airport. This station falls in the Ratnagiri Division of the State of Maharashtra in western coastal India. In 2012, the Konkan Railway's ro-ro (roll-on, roll-off) service was operating from Kolad railway station to Verna in

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

(417 km, 8–10 hours journey), Suratkal (721 km, 24 hours journey) in

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, besides other regional routes. Besides the railway station, Kolad is known for adventure sports, in particular

white-water rafting Rafting and whitewater rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk is often a ...

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Trucks loaded at Kolad on ro-ro train of the Konkan Railway (video)
Railway stations along Konkan Railway line Railway stations in Raigad district Railway stations opened in 1993 Ratnagiri railway division {{Maharashtra-railstation-stub