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    The document summarizes transportation infrastructure in Kerala, India. It describes that the Southern Railway line runs through the state connecting major towns and cities. Thiruvananthapuram Central is the busiest railway station. Kerala has three international airports - Cochin, Trivandrum, and Calicut - with a fourth under construction in Kannur. Inland water transport plays a role given Kerala's extensive backwaters, with over 1,600 km of navigable inland waterways.

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    The document summarizes transportation infrastructure in Kerala, India. It describes that the Southern Railway line runs through the state connecting major towns and cities. Thiruvananthapuram Central is the busiest railway station. Kerala has three international airports - Cochin, Trivandrum, and Calicut - with a fourth under construction in Kannur. Inland water transport plays a role given Kerala's extensive backwaters, with over 1,600 km of navigable inland waterways.

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    The main Portico of the Trivandrum

    Central Railway Station


    State Water Transport Department is
    the main agency providing inland
    water transport facilities.
    Railways
    The Indian Railways' Southern Railway line runs through the state connecting most of the major towns and
    cities except those in the highland districts of Idukki and Wayanad.
    [236]
    The railway network in the state is
    controlled by two out of six divisions of Southern Railway; Thiruvananthapuram Railway division and Palakkad
    Railway Division.
    [237]
    Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC) is the busiest railway station in the state. Kerala's
    major railway stations are Kannur (CAN), Kozhikode (CLT), Shornur Junction (SRR), Palakkad Junction
    (PGT), Thrissur Railway Station (TCR), Ernakulam Town (North) (ERN), Ernakulam Junction (South) (ERS),
    Alappuzha (ALLP), Kottayam (KTYM), Kayamkulam Junction (KYJ), Kollam Junction (QLN) and
    Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC).
    Major railway transport between BeyporeTirur began on 12 March 1861, from ShoranurCochin Harbour
    section in 1902, from ShenkottaiPunalur on 26 November 1904, from Nilambur-Shoranur in 1927, from
    PunalurThiruvananthapuramon 4 November 1931, from ErnakulamKottayam in 1956, from
    KottayamKollam in 1958, from ThiruvananthapuramKanyakumari in 1979 and from Thrissur-Guruvayur
    Section in 1994.
    [238]
    Airports
    Kerala has three international airports; Cochin International Airport, Trivandrum International Airport and
    Calicut International Airport. Two international airports were proposed, at Kannur and Pathanamthitta as of
    2008.
    [239]
    Officials say that the Kannur International Airport will be completed in December 2015 and will
    make Kerala the only state in the country to have four international airports.
    [240][241]
    The Cochin International
    Airport is the largest and busiest in the state, and was the first Indian airport to be incorporated as a public
    limited company; it was funded by nearly 10,000 non-resident Indians from 30 countries.
    [242]
    Inland water transport
    As Kerala has numerous backwaters, waterways are used for commercial inland navigation. The transportation
    is mainly done with country craft and passenger vessels.
    [199]
    There are 67 navigable rivers in the state. The
    total length of the inland waterways in the state is 1687 km.
    [243]
    The main constraints to the expansion of inland

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