With the electrification of the pit line at Ernakulam Marshalling Yard getting completed, decks have been cleared for operating more express trains from Ernakulam Junction railway station (ERS), including the eagerly-awaited Vande Bharat Express, in the passenger-dense Ernakulam-Bengaluru corridor.
An eight-coach Vande Bharat Express rake, the third for Kerala which had arrived in the State in April, was ever since parked at Kollam. This was reportedly due to, among other reasons, the need to surmount a technical glitch in electrification of the pit line on the Ernakulam marshalling yard premises. There was also alleged delay in completing work on drains at the yard.
Railway sources said the electrified pit line at the yard was commissioned on April 30. This was as per the direction issued by the Railway to equip yards across the country to host Vande Bharat Express trains. The Vande Bharat Express to Bengaluru would in all probability commence service once the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls ended, they added.
