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Posted: Nov 01 2016 (11:57)
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Last Response: Nov 01 2016 (14:30)
5 Responses
Last Response: Nov 01 2016 (14:30)
Once, this was the main railway station in Kochi city, and was the starting point of all trains from Kochi. But now, no one is looking towards this station, and it has just become a station for goods trains. Now, all trains start from Ernakulam Junction (South), which is congested now. Also, people living in Fort Kochi and Mattanchery have to travel at least 10 kms for reaching there. Thus, it is needed to develop this station. Though there are plans to develop this station, it should be much more better, especially for the famous tourist spots like Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary, Mattanchery synagogue, etc.
1 Public Posts - Tue Nov 01, 2016
The main problem for this station is that the Indian Navy has not given permission for electrification of the line and the bridge. This means that a loco change would be required at ERS for barely 10km of final run. Even when the new Vendurthy bridge was commissioned, SR cited lack of patronage on this route in addition to the Navy's lack of permission as reasons for not introducing passenger trains on this route.
3 Public Posts - Tue Nov 01, 2016