Kerala’s Expectations on Railway Budget
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- Railway Budget 2010
Kerala government and people are expecting a lot from the Railway Budget. The budget will be much favorable to the train lovers of the state. Railway is always the most efficient and economical mode of transportation in India .Some major expectations in railway budget are discussed below
Fund will be allocated for doubling Ernakulum-Kottayam-Kayamkulum line within 2 years.
Sanction and fund for the doubling of Ernakulum- Alleppey-Ambalapuza line.
Fund for the completion of Guruvayor- Thiruvaya line within 2 years.
Sanction for the new lines such as Nilambur-Nangancode, Edapally-Guruvayor, Chengannur-Trivandrum and Talasherry-Mysore.
Fund for gauge change in Poolachi-Palaghat within one year.
Fund for the electrification of Shoranur- Mangalore line within two years.
The new trains expected are:
Daily superfast train from Bangalore to Trivandrum
Daily superfast train from Mumbai to Trivandrum via Konkan
Mangalore- Houra daily train
Daily Janashadabthi to Trivandrum from Calicut.
Hourly memu services between Coimbatore- Ernakulum, Kayakulum – Ernakulum
Diesel multiple unit train between Shoranur and Mangalore.
The running of Amrita express as Kannur intercity in daytime.
The extension of Kannur- Alleppy express up to Trivandrum.
The extension of Yashwantpur- Kannur express via Mangalore up to Guruvayoor.
The train services which are expected to change into daily trips are:
Yashwantpur-Kannur via Palakkad.
Kochuveli Lokmaniathilak Garib Rath .
Kochuveli-Yashwanthpur Garib Rath.
Nizzamuddin Rajadhani
Nagarcoil- Mangalore Eranad
Other expectations of Kerala in the railway budget 2010 are the fund for Kanjikode railway factory, fund for establishing memu repair unit at Palaghat and Kollam, fund for updating stations of Trivandrum, Ernakulum and Calicut into International standards, Fund for updations at Kochuveli and Nemam terminal and swith over to automatic signaling system.
Union Minister of State E Ahamad said that Kerala will be having a lot of fund and allocations in this budget.
Kerala is expecting pit lane at Kannur railway station. The railway had already given technical sanction for this. Kerala people and Government expects that the fund ill be sanctioned in this budget. The pit lanes will facilitate the common and general repair of the train in the station itself.