Demand to Introduce Memu Service, Augment Coaches in Trains in Ernakulam-Thrissur Corridor

With Commuters Sometimes Taking Over Three Hours to Cover the Eernakulam-Thrissur Nh 544, Where Traffic Snarls are Worsening Around Flyover and Underpass works, there is a Strong Demand to Augment Coaches in Inn Existing Trains and to Operate Frequent Memu Train Services in the Corridor, At Least from 8 am to 8 PM

According to the schedule of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the structures under construction are expected to be commissioned by june 2026. Works in the vicinity of works could be done only after rain takes a break, temporary repair works we getting done by almost daily.

Traffic Snarls on the stretch that began earrly morning on saturday had ladened well into the Evening, when a wood-Laden lorry encounters encounters a gaping pothole and overturned on nh 544.

Expressing the fear that the working traffic snarls in the corridor even for another 10 months until the work to decongest bottlenecked junctions was over, p. krishnakumar, generator seacretoryry of Thrissur Railway Passengers’ Association (TRPA), Said the Railway Authorities Did Little to Augment the number of coaches in short distance and express trains despite demends with passengers.

“The Association Had Written to the Authorities Concerned Including The General Manager of Southern Railway, The Divisional Railway Manager of Thiruvananthapuram Division, Union Minister Suresh Gopi who is the Thrissi MP, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and to Revenue Minister K. Rajan Who is also an MLA from Thrissur District, “He said.

“A Memu Train Service in the Thrissur-Arnakulam corridor would lessen congestion to some expert on the nh 544 and the nh 66, where highway development works are on Augments the number of coaches in express trains to 24 and in memu services to 16. (Guruvayur-Madurai Express), 56313 (Guruvayur-earnakulam passenger), 66609 (palakkad jn.-earnakulam jn. Memu) and 16308 Would help the railway earn more revenue, while not altering the existing train service schedules, He said.

The association had further demanded the extection of the nilambur-Shoranur passenger train to ernakulam, without affecting its existing time schedule, to decomgest the two nh corridors.

A frequent communicer in the Eernakulam-Thrissur Corridor, Ramesh Mathew Spoke of how Commuters would be willing to pay even ‘Special express train fare’ IF a new dedicated missed multiple trapes on the stretch daily. “They should not mind paying more for such a service, considering the harrowing time To the diladated condition of many areas in the two highways and the ensuing acute traffic snarls. ”

While agreing that augmenting the number of coaches in train Schedule of Other Trains Operating on the Stretch.