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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.
4 Public Posts - Tue Nov 01, 2016
The railway alignment runs along the perimeter of the Naval air base. Placing OHE equipment so close to the runways is usually forbidden. Especially, this is a military base and air craft tend to have faster and low altitude take-offs compared to commercial planes. And hence the Navy has not granted permission for electrification. A similar thing has happened in AJJ also where SR was forced to consider an alternative alignment to avoid the naval base there.