TRACK CONGESTION IN ERNAKULAM SOUTH RAILWAY STATION.


Media reports quite frequently about the track congestion in Ernakulam South Railway station. Within the available space railway is doing fairly well to accommodate all those trains reach there. 59 trains are terminating at this station and 56 are passing through this station. The number of platforms available cannot accommodate all these trains. There is also no land available to add more platforms here.  The track area available cannot accommodate all terminating trains. 

When similar situation was faced by Thiruvananthapuram station, railway could open the new Kochu Veli station with larger area. Such option is not available in Ernakulam now. However, railway can consider Tripunithura for this purpose. Tripunithura station can be developed suitably. A good number of platforms can be added at the existing station. Fairly good area is available at the south side of the Tripunithura station which can be developed as open yard to accommodate trains terminating there. As such, some of the trains now terminating at Ernakulam station can be extended  to Tripunithura. If properly managed this arrangement can  give an ease to the congestion in Ernakulam Junction station.

There is a likelihood of the taxi operators at Ernakulam may oppose this proposal for their own vested interests.

(The figures shown may please got confirmed from the railway)

K V George

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