Even as 2026 end was estimated as the deadline to complete track doubling in the bottlenecked 69-km Ernakulam-Ambalappuzha rail corridor, the Railway Board’s sanction is awaited for doubling the 46-km Thuravoor- Ambalappuzha track that passes through Alappuzha.
This is reportedly because of what is being cited as ‘low-rate of return’ from the passenger-train-dense corridor, until container movement through rail from the upcoming Vizhinjam port picked pace.
The Railway Board lays emphasis on viability of projects. Speedy completion of doubling the 69-km single-track Ernakulam-Ambalappuzha rail corridor and also of the one-km triangle that connect Vallathol Nagar with Shoranur and the railway cabin on the Palakkad side, hold the key to completing track doubling in Kerala, official sources said.
