Southern Railway launches track‑doubling tenders for Kerala’s Thuravoor‑Ambalapuzha line

The Southern Railway’s Thiruvananthapuram division has invited tenders for earthwork on the Thuravoor‑Ambalapuzha railway track‑doubling project in Kerala. The work, part of a broader set of sanctioned track‑doubling schemes covering Thuravoor‑Mararikulam, Mararikulam‑Alappuzha and Alappuzha‑Ambalapuzha, aims to alleviate congestion on the single‑line route that forces passenger trains to wait for up to 30 minutes at stations.

Commuter Edwin Mathew welcomed the move, saying, “This is welcome news,” and noting that the current single line “makes travel woeful” for daily passengers. The project has been allocated ₹120 crore for 2026‑27, with the 15.59 km Kumbalam‑Thuravoor stretch slated for completion by December 2027 and the 7.71 km Ernakulam‑Kumbalam section targeted for commissioning in December 2029.