The Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd. (KRDCL), the special purpose vehicle for executing viable rail projects in Kerala on a cost-sharing basis with the Railways, has recommended to the Kerala government a proposal of extending the proposed Angamaly-Erumely Sabari line to Punalur and further up to Thiruvananthapuram and the Vizhinjam international seaport.
The proposal for preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the extension of the Sabari line to Punalur and further up to Thiruvananthapuram was earlier taken up in the board meeting of KRDCL in 2021.
It was then decided that KRDCL can go ahead with preparation of the DPR for the Erumeli-Punalur line after defreezing of the Angamaly-Erumely Sabari Railway line. With the Kerala government now taking a decision to go ahead with the Angamaly-Erumely line, the proposal for taking up the feasibility study for the extension of the line to Thiruvananthapuram may be considered by the State, said a letter sent by the KRDCL to the Kerala government.
Survey sanctioned
The Railways had earlier sanctioned a survey for the extension of the proposed Angamaly-Erumely Sabari line from Erumely to Thiruvananthapuram. The preliminary survey was carried out by the Railways in 2013. However, the project did not come through due to a poor rate of returns.
