Southern Railway General Manager R.N. Singh has assured Kozhikode MP M.K. Raghavan that appropriate steps will be taken to resolve the travelling woes of passengers in north Kerala immediately.
Mr. Raghavan met Mr. Singh at the Southern Railway headquarters in Chennai on Monday. He apprised Mr. Singh of the Railways’ alleged neglect of the Shoranur-Mangaluru stretch and the rush during office hours mainly due to lack of trains. He also cited recent incidents of people fainting inside packed compartments.
There are no trains from Kozhikode towards Mangaluru between 2.45 p.m. and 5 p.m. The MP requested the Railways to advance the timing of 16610 Kozhikode Express from Mangaluru in the morning and to stop holding up Parasuram Express in Kozhikode in the evening.