Minister of Railways & Coal laid the foundation stone for New Coaching Terminal at Nemom and unveiled WAP-7HS passenger locomotive through video conferencing. Shri Ghanshyam Singh, Member (Traction), Railway Board, Shri Rajesh Agrawal, Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board, Shri Vishwesh Chaube, Member (Engineering), Railway Board and other Senior Railway Officers were present on this occasion. This new coaching terminal at Nemom in the Thiruvananthapuram Division will help in decongesting the already overloaded current coaching terminals. 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. There is no Unmanned Level Crossings in the entire state of Kerala and all the stations have been converted into 100 % 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. Indian Railways has started 3 new trains in Kerala namely Kochuveli - Indore Weekly Express, Thiruvananthapuram -Nizamuddin Weekly Express via Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram - Nizamuddin Weekly Express via Alleppey. Shri Goyal further said, "The most powerful passenger locomotive over the Indian Railways which will be capable of hauling 24 coaches instead of 140 Kmph now at 160 kmph has been designed and manufactured at CLW by our own engineers and by our own workers making the entire nation proud of the Indian engineering talent and Indian skilled manpower talent. This new engine will help us serve the larger distances much faster and will reduce pollution level and will improve the operation initially of the premium trains."
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