However, on January 26, 1998, after a construction time of just seven years ​ — a record for such a huge project — ​ the first train on the Konkan Railway was flagged off.
४२,००० विविध जमीनदारांकडून जमीनी खरेदी कराव्या लागल्या; त्याकरता प्रचंड प्रमाणात कायदेशीर कामे पार पाडावी लागली.