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Suburban trains to start service soon'
Suburban trains to start service soon'
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister Vijayakumar on Friday told the Assembly that suburban train services connecting major metro cities and small cities would be started taking into consideration the severe travelling problem in the State.
Minister also indicated the first suburban train service would be started from Kollam to the state capital possibly by this year itself. More details are awaited.
Last year, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had proposed to run trains between Kollam and Neyyatinkara at 30 minutes duration during the peak hours using the existing infrastructure facilities.
The proposals had been accepted in principle and it was decided to implement the proposals with the assistance of the DMRC using Central Government funds at the earliest
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