March 2015 Electrification completed from Shornur to Kalayyi
June 2016 Electrification inaugrated by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu ji till Charavattur
March 2017 Electrification inaugrated till mangalore
March 2018 status
- Tirur substation(between shornur and kalayyi)...
more... still a work in progress (see photos)
- Upalla substation still not working completely (blame is on power supply)
- all trains headed to konkan run diesel under wire
- except for kannur coimbatore passenger all passenger trains are on diesel
- select few trains to MAQ run on electric traction
SR taking its own sweet time ... like every other project in TVC and PGT division