Thrissur Railway Passengers' Association, TRPA is the confluence of all the stake holders who are interested in the development of Railway facilities in and around Thrissur. Naturally, all the people who avail Railway facilities from Thrissur and other neighbouring stations are automatically the members of this association. Due to the historic reasons, commuters from Thrissur towards Ernakulam, Kozhikode and Palakkad sides form the active group. TRPA always stands for meeting the public demands and this process is well supported by Railway Men, Political Leaders and the Media in Thrissur. The tireless efforts by TRPA in achieving the long standing basic requirements of Thrissur are well recognised and appreciated by one and all. TRPA is committed to continue its service to the society at large, cutting across all divisions. "Our prime focus is on the sustainable improvement of rail service in the country to world class levels with special emphasis on Thrissur"

Thursday 30 October 2014

Commuters Protest

(Malayala Manorama Kochi dt 2-11-2014)
Well Done, Idappalli friends.
(Mathrubhumi Kochi dt 30-10-2014)

Sunday 26 October 2014

Railway Janamaithri

തൃശൂർ റെയിൽവേ ജനമൈത്രി പോലീസിന്റെ ആഭിമുഖ്യത്തിൽ റെയിൽവേ യാത്രക്കാർക്ക് ആവശ്യമായ സുരക്ഷാ നിർദേശങ്ങളും ,റെയിൽ അലെർട്ട് നമ്പറുകളും അടങ്ങിയ ലഘു ലേഖകൾ വിതരണം ചെയ്തു .കമ്മിറ്റി അംഗങ്ങളായ സ്മിത നന്ദകുമാർ, സിജു ജോസ്, സുനിൽകുമാർ, അജന്തകുമാർ, എം കെ തോമസ്‌, വിനോദ് പോല്ലെന്ചെരി, സബ് ഇൻസ്പെക്ടർ രാജൻ കെ അരമന, കമ്മ്യൂണിറ്റി റിലേഷൻ ഓഫീസർ സന്ദീപ്‌ എ ജെ, ബി പി മിനിത തുടങ്ങിയവർ പങ്കെടുത്തു.

Saturday 18 October 2014

Do not detain Passenger trains please

(Mathrubhumi dt 19-10-2014)
(Malayala Manorama dt 19-10-2014)
(Kerala Kaumudi dt 20-10-2014)
(Mangalam dt 19-10-2014)
(Deshabhimani dt 19-10-2014)

Thursday 16 October 2014

Pre Budget Meet

(Mathrubhumi Pathanamthitta dt 21-10-2014)
(Mathrubhumi dt 17-10-2014)
(Malayala Manorama dt 17-10-2014)
(Madhyamam dt 17-10-2014)
(Veekshanam dt 17-10-2014)
Demand for more railway coaches, MEMU service
The railway authorities held a meeting with commuters on Thursday to revise train timings.
At the meeting, attended by V C Sudeesh, senior divisional commercial manager of railways; Rajesh Chandran, area manager, and representatives of railway users' association, they discussed means to extend and increase frequency of trains, add and eliminate stoppages, reroute and club trains and change timings of existing trains to benefit commuters.
“We demanded more Memu services and extra coaches in passenger trains,“ said K J Paul Manvettom, president, all Kerala railway users' association, Ernakulam.
“As long-distance trains maintain time, people prefer travelling in these trains. This results in demand for more stops and convenient timings for long distance trains,“ said a senior railway official present at the meeting.
(Times of India dt 17-10-2014)
(The Hindu dt 17-10-2014)

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Passenger issues

(Malayala Manorama dt 16-10-2014)
(Mathrubhumi dt 16-10-2014)
(Malayala manorama Kochi dt 15-10-2014)
(Mangalam dt 16-10-2014)

Scarcity of coaches

(Mathrubhumi Kochi dt 15-10-2014)

Monday 13 October 2014

Shortage of crew blocking new service?

(Malayala Manorama Palakkad dt 14-10-2014)

Coaches reduced in 56371 Passenger

(Mathrubhumi Kochi dt 14-10-2014)
(Mathrubhumi dt 14-10-2014)
(Veekshanam dt 14-10-2014)
(Deshabhimani dt 14-10-2014)
(Madhyamam dt 14-10-2014)
Guruvayur Passenger hit by bogie crisis again

Three days after the Kerala high court asked the railways to explore possibilities of adding extra bogies to the passenger train on the Guruvayur-Ernakulam stretch, the railways on Monday did exactly the opposite ­ they removed two bogies, resulting in massive overcrowding.
The Guruvayur-Ernakulam passenger that usually operates with 14 general compartments conducted the services on Monday with 12 bogies owing to the shortage of coaches.Following this, the train was overcrowded and commuters, especially students, were forced to travel hanging from doors and putting their lives at risk.
“The Guruvayur-Ernakulam passenger witnesses peak load every day , particularly on Monday . Even after repeated requests to increase bogies, railways authorities have always reduced the number of bogies for reasons only known to them,“ said Thrissur railway passengers' association general secretary P Krishnakumar.The association has been demanding an increase in the number of bogies from 12 to 18.
Sources from the railways admit that while the normal capacity of a passenger compartment is 72, each bogie of the Guruvayur-Ernakulam passenger carries at least 300 passengers on any given day .
“The same train operates between Alappuzha and Ernak ulam before it starts the next service. Two days ago, two bogies of the train had to be removed for repairs at Alappuzha and there were no bogies available for replacement that caused the Monday's overcrowding.We are looking into possibilities of adding three to four extra coaches to the train and high-level discussions are on. However, nothing has materialised so far,“ said a railway officer.
Another senior officer with the Thiruvananthapuram railway division said that severe coach shortage has started to affect daily passenger rail services in the division, the largest coach handling division in the country .

Three convicted for blocking train

Kochi: Three years after commuters blocked a passenger train for running late by squatting on the tracks at Ernakulam Junction railway station, a district court sentenced three of them to a day's imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on September 25.
The three ­ Unni, Sony and Anil, all regular passengers in the Ernakulam-Shoranur passenger train ­ along with others had blocked a Kottayam-bound passenger train on March 15, 2011, after the Shoranur-bound passenger train was delayed by over an hour. Two months after the incident, railway protection officers contacted them.
“They told us that cases were registered against us for delaying the rail service and financial loss. Cases were registered against six people including the three of us. While one of them is working in the Gulf, another person died. We have no clue about the sixth accused,“ one of the convicted said. The railways identified them based on photographs and video footage.
It was the same train from which Soumya, a 23-year-old woman from Manjakkad near Shornur, was pushed out, raped and murdered. Incidentally, the Ernakulam-Shoranur passenger still runs late regularly.

(Shyam P.V., Times of India dt 14-10-2014)

Guruvayur - Thirunnavaya line

(Malayala Manorama Palakkad dt 14-10-2014)

Escalator in Thrissur

(Malayala Manorama Metro dt 14-10-2014)

Demand for alternate train

(Malayala Manorama Palakkad dt 13-10-2014)

Friday 10 October 2014

Demand for more coaches

(Malayala Manorama dt 11-10-2014)
(Mathrubhumi dt 11-10-2014)
(The Hindu dt 11-10-2014)

Thursday 9 October 2014

Information on Coach Position

(Mathrubhumi Nagaram dt 10-10-2014)

 (Veekshanam dt 10-10-2014)


(Malayala Manorama dt 10-10-2014)
(Deshabhimani dt 10-10-2014)
(Madhyamam dt 10-10-2014)
(Mangalam dt 10-10-2014)