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Kochi Water Metro ( KWM) is an unfinished ferry transport system serving the Greater Kochi region in Kerala, India. When fully operational, it will connect Kochi ’s 10 island communities with the mainland through a fleet of 78 battery-operated electric hybrid boats operating along 38 terminals and 16 routes spanning 76 kilometres. [2]
Kerala (38,863 km 2; 1.18% of India 's land) is situated between the Lakshadweep Sea to the west and the Western Ghats to the east. Kerala's coast runs some 590 km in length, while the state itself varies between 35–120 km in width. Geologically, pre-Cambrian and Pleistocene formations comprise the bulk of Kerala's terrain.
On completion of works, both the tunnels reduced the distance between Kochi to Coimbatore by 3 kilometres (1.86 mi) but travel time got reduced by hours since there used to be traffic jams caused by heavy vehicles trying to traverse through the hills. In August 2018 during 2018 Kerala floods, the tunnel was opened for passage of emergency vehicles.
National Highway 66, commonly referred to as NH 66 (erstwhile NH-17 and a part of NH-47), [ 1] is a mostly 4 lane 1640 km ( 1020 miles) long busy National Highway that runs roughly north–south along the western coast of India, parallel to the Western Ghats. It connects Panvel, a city east of Mumbai (Bombay) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) via ...
The main objective of these super highways is to reduce the travel time between the major cities of India, running roughly along the perimeter of the country. The North–South corridor linking Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) and Kanyakumari , and East–West corridor linking Silchar and Porbandar are additional projects. These highway projects ...
Waterways have always been an important mode of transport in Kerala. The total length of navigable route in Kerala was 1,900 kilometres and the navigable rivers constitute about 54 per cent of the waterways. The 41 West-flowing rivers together with the backwaters are an integrated part of the inland navigation system in Kerala. [1]
List of Kochi Metro stations. Kochi Metro - Phase 1 Route Map. This is a list of stations of the Kochi Metro. There are 25 stations on the line from Aluva to Tripunithura railway station. [ 1][ 2]
Service. The 20631/20632 Mangaluru Central - Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express (via Alappuzha) operates daily, covering a distance of 621 km (386 mi) in a travel time of 8 hrs 40 mins with an average speed of 73 km/h (45 mph). The Maximum Permissible Speed is 100 km/h (62 mph).