Even a month after the Bengaluru-Kannur overnight express was extended to Kozhikode, there has been no official order to this effect.
Train no 16511/512 Bengaluru-Kannur-Bengaluru overnight express, which was earlier Bengaluru-Managluru express, was extended to Kannur in 2009 upon demand from Kerala, despite strong protest from passengers in Karnataka. It was on January 23 that the Railway Ministry approved the Southern Railway’s proposal to extend it further to Kozhikode and suggested that the extension should happen at the earliest convenient time. There are intensified protests against the extension in Karnataka this time as well.
The authorities are yet to issue any official order in this regard. “We are awaiting orders from the Southern Railway Headquarters in Chennai. It is likely to take some time before the extension is tested and finalised,” sources at the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway told The Hindu on Tuesday.
