Railways Minister Piyush Goyal laid the foundation stone for new coaching terminal at Nemom and unveiled WAP-7HS passenger locomotive through video conferencing on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, Goyal said that the present Government has consistently focused on development for all areas in the country. “This new coaching terminal at Nemom in the Thiruvananthapuram Division will help in decongesting the already overloaded current coaching terminals,” he said.
With the commencement of work at this new coaching terminal, Indian Railways can start providing large number of new trains which will either originate or terminate in Thiruvananthapuram, he said.
He further informed that there is no ‘Unmanned Level Crossings’ in the entire state of Kerala and all the stations have been converted into 100 per cent LED lighting.
Indian Railways is committed to faster development of Kerala and committed to make Kerala a better tourism destination which will help transform the local economy and give a big boost to the generation of the employment and improve customer amenities and facilities for all the people using trains in Kerala, he added.