more-inA fresh initiative is on to make the coaching terminal proposed on 12.14 hectares of land owned by Railways adjacent to Nemom railway stationa reality. Instead of the original plan to have 10 pit lines to take care of the maintenance of 30 trains, 12 stabling lines, sick lines, and quarters for Railways personnel at Nemom, Railways have decided to have five stabling lines in the first phase. “It will be the first phase of the coaching terminal. The divisional railway authorities’ aim is to link it with the ₹1552.94 crore doubling and electrification of the 86.56-km Thiruvanantha-puram Central-Kanyakumari railway line approved by the Union Cabinet recently. The coaching terminal had been mooted taking into account the lack of platforms to handle the trains at the Central station and the satellite terminal at Kochuveli.

Source: The Hindu August 19, 2017 18:22 UTC