Introduction of new MEMU train service between Kottayam and Ernakulam
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A description or list of probable trains to be run in Kerala to better meet travelling requirements.
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A conceptual plan for a Thiruvananthapuram City metro rail network.
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Kerala badly needs more trains to serve its travelling public. The evenly dense population, majority of short-to-medium-distance commuters, trains forcing to halt at every station all make this very obvious. But the Southern Railway refuses to run or recommend more trains for the state. The popular reason for this is…
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We all know that Kerala has the worst railway infrastructure in India. We also know the reasons for this to be the usual suspects of neglect, discrimination and apathy by the powers that are. But in addition to all this, a much not-widely discussed reason for this deterioration is the…
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A long, long time ago, during the ancient, underdeveloped times of the year 1977, the 374 Venad Express would depart Trivandrum Central at 0600 every morning, heading north for Ernakulam on the newly converted Broad Gauge line. Powered by a single 2600 hp diesel locomotive, it would cover the 220…
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The only way to solve the transportation problems in Kerala is to create a commuter railway system for the state. But it requires heavy infrastructural investments.
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No new railway line was constructed in Kerala for the past 25 years. This one fact lies at the reality of Kerala having the least per-capita railway line in India and in extension to the foundation of the overworked and overutilised railway infrastructure in the state. Though doubling existing lines…
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Trains have since their inception been synonymous with speed. Railways grew and flourished across the world because they reduced travel times, which were always expected reduce as technology improved. It is not so anymore. As we have already seen and quite famously quoted at many places, in India in general…
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Kerala is stuck in the stone age when it comes to railway development. The first reason for this mostly financial: the undersupply of funds for development projects amply supplanted by the inability or unwillingness to utilise even whatever meagre funds are available. The second part of the story is one…
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