Yesterday Kerala Government announced sanction from Central Railway Ministry for a High Speed Rail Corridor between Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore. This will considerably reduce travel time between North and South Kerala. The Kerala government has formed a new public limited company, Kerala High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (KHSRCL), for implementing an ambitious high-speed rail network estimated to cost Rs 77,000
crore. The 630-km network will connect the state capital Thiruvananthapuram with Mangalore in Karnataka.
Unfortunately this will only increase the concentrated urbanisation of Kerala's large cities which are already become saturated.
Suburban Railway System
I think Kerala required a Mumbai like suburban rail system more urgently than the high speed corridor. This will improve mobility of people, reduce stress on road traffic and overall improve state GDP by a large extend. This can be supplemented by a coach manufacturing factory, rail manufacturing factory and accessories manufacturing factory. This will require less investment, and make growth more balanced thru out the state.
Mumbai suburban system handles about 70 lakh travellers daily and spread over 450 kilometers. With the same way, we can run trails at about 5 minutes interval by just upgrading the existing network.
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