As per the article ', trains currently equipped with two general coaches will see their numbers doubled to four'.
When it was there earlier in some trains what was the need to reduce ? Sad to see that it has taken them so long to realise this !!! Hope they get back to the old coach composition

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This wont happen. Practically not possible and wont benefit people in any case. In a regular Express train if people travel, they will reach in about 1 hrs 10 min. The metro for such a huge distance of more than 70k will have many stops and practically wont benefit. The cost for 1 km is 250 crore so one can imagine what the cost will be for such a long distance. Up till Kochi airport they can possibly try but even then that will also be a huge expenditure

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Departure at 4am will not serve any purpose....To reach station people will need to leave that early which I don't think will serve the purpose. I am sure railways will themselves know this. Maybe beneficial to intermediate passengers probably from Thrissur & Palakkad. But from CBE onwards again it may be vacant since CBE-SBC there are already trains like CBE-LTT, VB, Double decker at different timings which gives more flexibility to passengers boarding from there

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Will be useful. One of the biggest issues in increasing coaches for this train was the pf length. A high demand commuter train especially in North Kerala. The extension might help in increase of 2 coaches at least which will be useful to some extent

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A valid proposal, however one big constraint in having trains extended to these smaller stations would mean railways having to deploy extra staff in these stations just for the purpose of cleaning and maintenance only for 1 train. Similarly the electrical wing will keep highlighting loco utilisation as another point. New set of loco pilots will have to man the train in return direction so that will be Xtra cost. They will have to travel from bigger stations like MAQ to these stns and will have to be provided with some allowance. I do recollect one rail staff mentioning this that cost, utilisation of staff are all being looked at very closely by railways whenever such extensions are proposed. These are valid suggestions though

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What are the constraints in merging KR with Indian Railways ? Lots of infra upgrade happening in many stations within IR whereas KR still seems far behind. Is there any special act or some other legal issues in merging it with IR ?

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Incorrect news....as clarified by the PKD division and SR.

click here

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