Thrissur Railway Passengers' Association, TRPAis the confluence of all the stake holders who are interested in the development of Railway facilities in and around Thrissur. Naturally, all the people who avail Railway facilities from Thrissur and other neighbouring stations are automatically the members of this association. Due to the historic reasons, commuters from Thrissur towards Ernakulam, Kozhikode and Palakkad sides form the active group. TRPA always stands for meeting the public demands and this process is well supported by Railway Men, Political Leaders and the Media in Thrissur. The tireless efforts by TRPA in achieving the long standing basic requirements of Thrissur are well recognised and appreciated by one and all. TRPA is committed to continue its service to the society at large, cutting across all divisions."Our prime focus is on the sustainable improvement of rail service in the country to world class levels with special emphasis on Thrissur"
Sometimes we will imagine that we really need certain Inter-state rail link across big mountains to avoid round-about journey! Of course we are not unaware that such rail Corridor or high speed road projects will displace people and destroy farm lands, hills and natural environments to a greater extent.At the same time we need some alternative transport facilities to augment the pace of economic development in all spheres. I would advocate for provincial railways for many regions where in BG ( even MG) lines cannot be constructed due to mountainous terrain throughout the western ghat section. I propose for an exclusive railway system independent of the existing alignment of the railways under Indian Railways, for connecting all valley towns. Ideally narrow- gauge will be suitable for mountainous terrain in order to directly connect many towns in the valley of western-ghats throughout the length of peninsular India, particularly Kerala. Few valley towns already have rail connectivity with railway stations under the network of Indian Railway (Currently Broad-Gauge under uni-gauge policy). The hill-railway under preferably N.G ( can have meter-gauge in some sectors) passing through such towns can have stations just adjacent to the same for the convenience of passengers and also for easy transfer of freight. Kerala’s constraints for land acquisition to develop roads can be solved by creating a provincial network of N.G/M.G railway under the control of the state government. Once this becomes reality there will be a major shift in the mode of transport for passengers as well as freight in our interior moffusil enclaves. I am sure that under the above mentioned 'hill railway system' , if we can establish a MG/N.G rail- link between Ernakulam and Bodinayakkanur ( Bodinayakkanur - Madurai 88 km MG line is under BG conversion). we can have trains with SL.and Upper Class bogies as offered in the Jabalpur - Balaghat -Jabalpur Satpura Express, now with a diesel locomotive of ZDM Class. ( NG is retained in some sectors like this by Indian Railways). Kerala can collaborate with Tamil Nadu for this corridor as Bodinayakkanur is within Tamil Nadu and the purpose of the project is to facilitate an alternate passenger and goods traffic between Madurai and Kochi. Later on the Kerala state can plan for mountain railways under narrow gauge from important valley towns to hill stations like Nelliyampathy, Munnar, Ponmudi etc from the nearby valley towns, preferably from such places covered under the rail network of Indian Railways
Sometimes we will imagine that we really need certain Inter-state rail link across big mountains to avoid round-about journey! Of course we are not unaware that such rail Corridor or high speed road projects will displace people and destroy farm lands, hills and natural environments to a greater extent.At the same time we need some alternative transport facilities to augment the pace of economic development in all spheres.
ReplyDeleteI would advocate for provincial railways for many regions where in BG ( even MG) lines cannot be constructed due to mountainous terrain throughout the western ghat section. I propose for an exclusive railway system independent of the existing alignment of the railways under Indian Railways, for connecting all valley towns. Ideally narrow- gauge will be suitable for mountainous terrain in order to directly connect many towns in the valley of western-ghats throughout the length of peninsular India, particularly Kerala. Few valley towns already have rail connectivity with railway stations under the network of Indian Railway (Currently Broad-Gauge under uni-gauge policy). The hill-railway under preferably N.G ( can have meter-gauge in some sectors) passing through such towns can have stations just adjacent to the same for the convenience of passengers and also for easy transfer of freight. Kerala’s constraints for land acquisition to develop roads can be solved by creating a provincial network of N.G/M.G railway under the control of the state government. Once this becomes reality there will be a major shift in the mode of transport for passengers as well as freight in our interior moffusil enclaves.
I am sure that under the above mentioned 'hill railway system' , if we can establish a MG/N.G rail- link between Ernakulam and Bodinayakkanur ( Bodinayakkanur - Madurai 88 km MG line is under BG conversion). we can have trains with SL.and Upper Class bogies as offered in the Jabalpur - Balaghat -Jabalpur Satpura Express, now with a diesel locomotive of ZDM Class. ( NG is retained in some sectors like this by Indian Railways). Kerala can collaborate with Tamil Nadu for this corridor as Bodinayakkanur is within Tamil Nadu and the purpose of the project is to facilitate an alternate passenger and goods traffic between Madurai and Kochi.
Later on the Kerala state can plan for mountain railways under narrow gauge from important valley towns to hill stations like Nelliyampathy, Munnar, Ponmudi etc from the nearby valley towns, preferably from such places covered under the rail network of Indian Railways