Giving a shot in the arm to the dream of revolutionising urban mobility and fuelling sustainable economic growth in the State capital, the Phase I alignment of the Thiruvananthapuram Metro Rail project will connect the three phases of the Technopark, the airport, Thampanoor bus stand, and railway station.
A statement from the Chief Minister’s Office on Friday (November 7, 2025) said the project will accelerate the future development of the rapidly growing city of Thiruvananthapuram.
Administrative sanction for implementing the light metro rail system in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts by the Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation Limited was accorded in September 2015. Later, by a September 2022 Government Order, the entire project was handed over to the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL). The KMRL, after carrying out the comprehensive mobility study, had said a Mono Rail or a Light Metro system is not be sufficient to cater to the ever-growing city such as Thiruvananthapuram and suggested a conventional metro, like in other cities, as the most appropriate form.
After a series of meetings in the past few years, the KMRL presented a revised proposal from Pappanamcode to Eenchakkal, covering 31 km with 27 stations, in the last Secretary-level committee meeting held on November 4, 2025. It also explained the technical feasibility of extending Corridor I up to Technopark Phase II.
