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Giving a changeable successful the limb to the imagination of revolutionising municipality mobility and fuelling sustainable economical maturation successful the State capital, the Phase I alignment of the Thiruvananthapuram Metro Rail project volition link the 3 phases of the Technopark, the airport, Thampanoor autobus stand, and railway station.
A connection from the Chief Minister’s Office connected Friday (November 7, 2025) said the task volition accelerate the aboriginal improvement of the rapidly increasing metropolis of Thiruvananthapuram.
Administrative authorisation for implementing the airy metro obstruction strategy successful Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts by the Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation Limited was accorded successful September 2015. Later, by a September 2022 Government Order, the full task was handed implicit to the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL). The KMRL, aft carrying retired the broad mobility study, had said a Mono Rail oregon a Light Metro strategy is not beryllium capable to cater to the ever-growing metropolis specified arsenic Thiruvananthapuram and suggested a accepted metro, similar successful different cities, arsenic the astir due form.
After a bid of meetings successful the past fewer years, the KMRL presented a revised connection from Pappanamcode to Eenchakkal, covering 31 km with 27 stations, successful the past Secretary-level committee gathering held connected November 4, 2025. It besides explained the method feasibility of extending Corridor I up to Technopark Phase II.
The committee that examined the connection recovered that the revised alignment from Pappanamcode to Eenchakkal adheres to the Central directive by efficaciously covering the Thiruvananthapuram North railway presumption and the airport. This besides ensures seamless connectivity betwixt cardinal municipality modes by integrating the corridors projected successful the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP).
The State Government past accorded the in-principle support for the alignment aft a elaborate scrutiny. The Managing Director, KMRL, volition present instrumentality steps to hole and taxable the DPR of the task successful accordance with the Metro Rail Policy 2017 and guidelines of the Union Government.
As portion of the metro project, the KMRL was entrusted with the operation of the Sreekaryam, Ulloor, and Pattom flyovers. The operation of the Sreekaryam flyover is progressing rapidly. The task is expected to accelerate the aboriginal improvement of rapidly increasing Thiruvananthapuram city.
