Railway Budget 2013 Kerala Highlights in Focus
These are some of the updates in Railway Budget 2013-14 for Kerala . It is disappointing. New Express trains Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly) Extension of Trains 12507/12508 Guwahati-Ernakulam Express to Thiruvananthapuram 66611/66612 Ernakulam-Thrisur MEMU to Palakkad 66304/66305 Kollam-Nagarcoil MEMU to Kanniyakumari Increase in frequency 12217/12218 Kochuveli – Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days Passenger Trains Shoranur – Kozhikode Passenger (Daily) Thrisur-Guruvayur Passenger (Daily) Sections proposed to be doubled in 2013-14 Mulanturutti-Piravom Piravom Road-Kuruppantara There is proposal to increase in supplementary charge for superfast trains, reservation fee, clerkage charge, cancellation charge and tatkal charge Mandatory carrying of ID cards by passengers with reserved tickets; 1800 111 321 TollFree for railway catering services monitoring cell Source : Speech of Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal introducing the Railway Budget, 2013-14 on 26th February