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Kerala Rail Board nod for semi-high speed rail corridor's project report

The DPR will now be submitted to the Kerala government for approval, following which it will go to the Ministry of Railways, Niti Aayog and to the Central Cabinet

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The 530.6 km Standard Gauge 1435 mm line is expected to be completed by 2025 with the work starting this year.

T E Narasimhan Chennai
Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail's) Board has approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) and alignment for the proposed Rs 639.4 billion Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi High Speed Rail corridor project.

The DPR  will now be submitted to the Government of Kerala for approval, following which it will go to the Ministry of Railways, Niti Aayog and to the Central Cabinet.

The DPR was prepared by Paris-based Systra for the corridor which proposes to construct railway lines between Thiruvananthapuram and Tirur as a Green Field Corridor and between Tirur and Kasaragod as a parallel to the existing Railway alignment. 

According to State

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