Kerala Govt Approves 530 KM Semi High-Speed Silver Line Project
Kerala state government’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the 530.6 km Thiruvananthapuram – Kasaragod semi high-speed rail Silver Line project that aims to connect both cities at an estimated cost of Rs. 63,941 crore.
The decision was announced by Kerala’s Chief Minister via a Facebook post which also mentions the final alignment, prepared by Systra MVA Consulting in the past, has been modified slightly near Mahe and Vadakara.
The project will be developed by Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail) and aims to connect both cities through a mostly at-grade greenfield alignment with 9-coach trains running at a max speed of 200 kmph.
The semi high-speed rail line will connect 11 districts and aims to ease transportation along the entire north – south length of Kerala and reduce the total travel time to less than 4 hours, compared with the present 12 – 14 hrs it takes via the Indian Railways.
Eleven mostly at-grade stations will be built at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kollam, Chengannur, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kochi Airport, Thrissur, Tirur, Kozhikode (underground), Kannur, Kasaragod (elevated) –
The Hindu has shared detailed information on the line’s revised alignment:
In order to reduce displacement and avoid bifurcating Mahe, as directed by the government, two railway bypasses — Vadakara bypass (from Koyilandy to Mahe) and Thalassery bypass (from Mahe to Chala) — have been proposed by K-Rail.
Of the 31-km Vadakara rail bypass, 23.27 km will be parallel to the existing track and 7.72 km away from the track. Four landlocked locations to the extent of 103.07 ha and 448 houses will be affected. There will be four road and rail crossings on the stretch.
“The number of houses to be affected has come down from 1,201 to 957 in the stretch and the cost for the project is almost the same even after the changes,” V. Ajith Kumar, Managing Director, K-Rail, told The Hindu.
With this development, K-Rail will now begin approaching financial institutions, banks and foreign lenders like JICA, ADB, KfW to secure funds for the project’s land acquisition, construction and systems procurement.
The Silver Line project’s DPR now requires approvals from the Railway Board under the Ministry of Railways, Niti Aayog and Government of India’s Union Cabinet.
For more updates, check out the Kerala Silver Line section of The Metro Rail Guy!
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Iam EE Vadakara kseb . I would like to know the final route of beypass near vadakara station .
I want to know the final root map of the silver line running between Thallasery railway station and make.
I want to know the final root map of the silver line from Thallasery railway station till mahe railway station
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K rail latest route map silver line from mahe to thalassery
Latest route krail silver line Thalassery mahe
I want to know the approved alignment of Thrissur District
alignment of thrissur district
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Let me know the places it covers in ernakulam district.
i think it may pass through thripunithura .
i want to know the route ernakulam district
I WANT TO KNOW THE ROUTE FROM ANGMALY TO CHOWARA IN ERNAKULAM DISTRICT
As per the website , expected raid through semi speed rails is about 80,000 . This is too much exaggeration.
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I would like to know the latest alignment in Ernakulam district area please . Is there is any change in alignment, especially near infopark -smartcity area and if yes please explain why its been changed now ,as it was earlier passing through low density populated area ?
Rather than focusing on Silver Line K-Rail project why can’t we have additional railway lines with three lines for passenger trains and one dedicated solely for freight trains in the existing railway network and construction of Flyovers and underpasses for people, vehicles and animals in manned and unmanned railway crossings and tracks there by introducing many more semi speed (Train18 or Train 20) and highspeed trains from other states and within the state as most the trains get delayed only once they arrive Kerela which may have less environmental and people impact and make more economic sense
As its not just Kerala but the whole country and world is closely watching the chaotic situation developing in Kerala which quite disturbing and hurting and a Chief Minister of State trying to be a tyrant or a dictator and using force on people who voted them to power in the first place and not being very clear or precises on the project details in democratic country like India. Also it abuse and misuse of the law enforcement force of state or a country.
Nobody is against development but it should not be at a cost of people losing there houses, property,lively hood and only to cater to not just the not only to rich upper middle class and influential sections of society but also the middle class and poor sections of society as a whole along with a proper consensus and permission of the people of Kerala.