The Railway has converted many passenger, MEMU services into express trains. The Railway Board has given approval for this.
Earlier, the Indian Railway has announced that it is going to convert 358 passenger trains including 10 trains in Kerala into express trains. 47 trains in south-central railways, 43 in north-western railways, 36 each in south-eastern railways and southern railways will be converted.
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As per the decision, the passenger trains that run beyond 200 km into express trains by speeding them up and curtailing halts. This would also reflect in fare. Passengers will have to pay the fare of express train for even short distance journey.
The fares would get nearly doubled. The minimum ticket fare in passenger trains is fixed at Rs 10. But in express trains, the minimum fare will go up to Rs. 30.
Passenger trains which will be converted as express trains in Kerala are as follows:
Nagercoil-Kottayam
Coimbatore-Mangalore central
Kottayam-Nilambur road
Guruvayur-Punalur
Thrissur-Kannur
Kannur-Coimbatore
Mangalore central-Kozhikode
Punalur-Madura
Palakkad town-Tiruchirappalli
Palakkad-Tiruchendur
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