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{{Infobox mountain pass<br />
| name = Braganza Ghats<br />
| location = [[Goa]] - [[Karnataka]] border, [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|15.378881|N|74.305291|E|region:IN_type:pass|display=inline,title}}<br />
| range = [[Western Ghats]]<br />
| map = India Goa#India Karnataka<br />
| photo = File:Beautiful Mountains Nearby Dudhsagar Falls, Goa.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Forests nearby Dudhsagar Falls in Braganza Ghats Area <br />
}}<br />
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'''Braganza Ghats''' are a stretch of hill section at the [[Goa]] – [[Karnataka]] border. This 26&nbsp;km ghat section rail road connecting coastal Goa to the hinterlands of Karnataka and other parts. It has three stations en route in the ghats – Caranzol, Doodhsagar and Sonaulim.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/apps/trip_reports/show/458|title = Castlerock, Kulem and the wonderful heaven called Braganza in between!| publisher= IRFCA|accessdate = 2014-02-04 }}</ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
The Braganza Ghat section is located on the Goa - Karnataka border in the Western Ghats. It starts from Castle rock in Karnataka and ends up at Kulem in Goa. Prior to the Konkan Railways this was the only way one could have reached Goa via rail.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/464771 |title = Information about Castle Rock - Kulem Section of SWR in the Braganza Ghats, Goa| publisher= India Rail Info|accessdate = 2014-02-04 }}</ref><br />
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==Stations==<br />
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The 26 km section of ghats starts at [[Castle Rock railway station|Castle Rock]] in [[Karnataka]] and ends at [[Kulem railway station|Kulem]] in [[Goa]] and has 3 stations en route - [[Caranzol railway station|Caranzol]], [[Dudh Sagar railway station|Doodhsagar]] and [[Sonalium railway station|Sonalium]]. <br />
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Both the uphill as well as the downhill trains have commercial halts at [[Castle Rock railway station|Castle Rock]] and [[Kulem railway station|Kulem]] which also serve as the stations for attachment and detachment of brakes. But, the trains do not have commercial halts at the three en route stations. <br />
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While descending the ghats, a train - whether passenger or freight - has to stop at all the 3 stations for mandatory brake tests; whereas, the uphill trains are not required to halt unless there is a crossing.<br />
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==Tourist attraction==<br />
Its fame is mostly derived from the waterfalls which slide down gracefully in its midst, somewhere in the middle of the ghat with the name '''[[Dudhsagar Falls]]''' or '''Sea of Milk'''.It is one of the most beautiful falls in all of india. The speciality of this location is it is only connected by the railroad. The panorama offer high waterfall as a backdrop to the trains passing right in front of it.<br />
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==Train movement==<br />
The route earlier belonged to the South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways but after the formation of South Western Railways. In 2003 it came under the Hubli division of South Western Railways.<br />
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Tens of thousands of tons of freight move up and down the ghat section. The Braganza Ghat Section is one of the toughest ghat sections in Indian Railways. The ruling gradient here is 1 in 37 which requires the use of bankers. Earlier the Gooty shed's WDM-3A and WDG-3A class locomotives were used and now the WDG-4 locomotives. Hubli is the nearest loco shed has almost 250 of these locos.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/aeb.html|title = Auto-Emergency Brakes (AEB)| publisher= IRFCA|accessdate = 2014-02-04 }}</ref><br />
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There are quite a few passenger trains plying this section. Freight consists mostly of iron ore being transported from the interior regions of Karnataka to the ports for export. In return the rakes bring in coal, fertilizers and the like.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dudhsagar Falls]]<br />
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{{Mountain passes of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Rail mountain passes of India]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain passes of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Hills of Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Roads in Uttara Kannada district]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Uttara Kannada district]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain passes of Goa]]</div>>Feroze Ahmad 2