Kerala's Wishlist for 2016 Railway Budget:
New Trains needed
1. New Bi-weekly SF (CR) from Kochuveli to Indore Via Madgoan, Surat, Ratlam, Fatehabad.
2. New Supefast from CAPE to Katra sharing Kochuveli Amritsar timeslot
3. New daily intercity...
more... express train from calicut to Madurai via palakkad, kollengode, pollachi, palani.
4. New Triweekly Night Express train from Ernakulam to Karwar.
5. New Demu service between Calicut and Kannur.
6. New Demu service between Kannur and Manglore.
7. New Reverse Memu between Kanyakumari and Kollam.
8. Tri-weekly express train between Ernakulam Harbour station and Chennai.
9. New daily night Express between Kannur and Rameswaram via palakkad, kollengode, pollachi, palani.
10. New Bi-weekly Superfast from Cannore to Puri.
11. New Intercity Express train from Nilambur to Sencotta via palakkad, kollengode, palani, Sivakasi.
12. New Triweekly Night Express train from Trivandrum to Pondichery via NJT, Manamadurai, Karaikudi.
13. New weekly Superfast from Ernakulam to Bhubaneswar.
14. New Tri-weekly Superfast from Ernakulam to Chennai.
15. New JAN SHATHABDI TCR(5.15AM) -Aleppy(7.30AM) - Kochuveli (9.30AM) Ret: Kochuveli (6.15PM) -Aleppy(8.15PM) - TCR (10.40PM) janshatabdi -> Monday to Friday
16. New daily Kollam Madurai Intercity Express via punalaur, sengottai once gauge conversion over.
17. New daily Kollam Chennai Superfast Express via punalaur, sengottai once gauge conversion over.
Extension Needed
1. Extend TVC-SRR Venad Express to Nilambur.
2. Extend Byndoor-Kasargod to Kannur.
3. Extend Shornur Calicut evening Passanger to Kannur.
4. Extend Calicut Thrissur Morning Passanger (make origin from Kannur).
5. Extend Poorna Express via Miraj to Aleppy/Kochuveli from Ernakulam.
6. Extend Mayiladuratai Coimbatore Janshatabdi to Palakkad.
7. Extend Chennai Coimbatore shathabdi to Palakkad.
8. Extend Coimbatore-Nagarcoil/Tuticorin Express to Cannore/Calicut/Shornur.
9. Extend Kochuveli-Bikaner to Bathinada.
Increase Frequency
1. All MEMU that run 6 days a week to daily.
2. CAN - TVC janshatabdi -> daily.
3. Kollam Vishakhapattanam Express to triweekly.
4. Kochuveli-Dehradun to Bi-weekly.
5. Thiruvananthapuram-Veraval to Bi-weekly
6. Nagercoil-Ghandhidham to Bi-weekly.
7. PUNE ERS SF to 3 days a week from bi-weekly.
8. Rajdhani Express to four day a week from tri-weekly
9. Ernakulam-Madgoan to triweekly from weekly.
10. Ernakulam - Bilaspur Express to Biweekly from weekly
11. Kacheguda - Manglore Express to Daily from Bi-weekly (so that Sabari Express can skip Shornur Junction)
Slip trains
1. Delink Nilambur TVC Rajya Rani and make it in Aleppy route.
2. Extend Portion of Amrita Express to Pollachi and other Portion to Mettupalayam from Palakkad.
3. Slip train to Ernakulam Karaikkal express from Calicut/Cannore.
New/Remove Stoppages
1. Allow Stop at Quilandy and Feroke for kannur Ernakulam Intercity + Nethravathi or ERS PUNE SF Express.
2. Allow stop at Kazhakkoottam(Technopark) Guruvayur Trivandrum Intercity express, Chennai superfast, Trivandrum Shalimar Superfast, Ernad Express
3. Remove JS stoppage at Mavelikkara
4. Remove stoppage at Ernakulam North, Punkunnam of Aleppy Chennai Superfast
5. Remove stoppage of Pothannur of West Coat Express
Re-route needed
1. Chennai Mail to skip Coimbatore junction
2. Trivandrum – Shalimar and Ernakulam Patna to skip Chennai and make it via Tirupati