A new passenger train will start running on the Shornur-Kannur route from today. The train leaves Shornur at 3.40 pm and reaches Kannur at 7.40 pm. The train leaves Kannur at 8.10 am and reaches Shornur at 12.30 pm. The new service will be very beneficial for short distance passengers. This will reduce the traffic on the Kozhikode road in the evening. The demand to extend the train to Kasaragod is also strong.
It is estimated that this will solve the situation of no trains from Kozhikode to the north after 6 in the evening. Parasuram is very crowded. There are only two general coaches in Netravati which comes next.
If the Kannur Express leaves at 6.15, the Kannur Executive Express should arrive three hours later at 9.30. But the Alappuzha Kannur Executive Express will be delayed for an hour en route for Vandebharat. Due to this, the new passenger train was sanctioned at a time when the situation was very difficult for the passengers.
There are no trains for more than four hours north from Kozhikode. At night Janashtabdi and Executive will end the journey at Kannur. With this, ordinary passengers going to Kasaragod will be on the highway. The demand for MEMU service for travel woes is years old.
