Kerala To Get Third And Fourth Railway Lines Along Existing Tracks

06 Jun 2025 CW Team

Kerala is set to accelerate railway development with plans for third and fourth railway lines running parallel to the existing double tracks. This announcement came after a meeting between Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday.

Posting on X, the Union Minister stated that the ministry is working on the third and fourth lines spanning North to South Kerala to facilitate smoother movement of both passengers and freight by rail.

The meeting also covered the construction of new Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) and Under Bridges (RUBs) to improve infrastructure and ease traffic. Vaishnaw highlighted that Kerala鈥檚 railway budget has been significantly increased from an average Rs 3.72 billion during the previous UPA government鈥檚 tenure to Rs 30.42 billion in the current financial year 2025鈥�26.

Meanwhile, the Centre has indicated reluctance to approve the state government鈥檚 SilverLine project 鈥� a semi high-speed rail corridor 鈥� citing technical and ecological concerns. Following this, Kerala had requested the Centre to consider an alternative proposal by renowned engineer E Sreedharan.

K V Thomas, who accompanied the Chief Minister, said that E Sreedharan鈥檚 proposal was submitted to the Centre last February but has yet to be studied in detail. The Centre has promised to communicate its final decision to the Metroman soon.

Speaking to The New Indian Express, Sreedharan said he had not yet received any official response from the Centre. 鈥淪ince the Centre has not cleared the SilverLine proposal, it seems the state is inclined to proceed with my proposal,鈥� he noted.

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