The Hindu

Mangalore, Sep 16: A railway line connecting south and north of the west coast passes through Maravoor, which is at a two-km distance from the site where the new terminal building of the Mangalore airport is being built. However, there is no railway station.

A senior official at the airport suggests that if the Railways built a station at Maravoor, or nearby Thokur, people could reach the airport by train. The station, if built, is expected to help movement of people to and from Majeshwar and Kasaragod in the south and Udupi and Bhatkal in the north. In addition, when the airport begins handling cargo, it will help bulk movement of goods.

Constructing a station at Thokur would link the airport with railway network, the official said and added that the State Government could take the initiative in this regard.

Meanwhile, the KIOCL had expressed its desire to lay a railway line from Thokur to its blast furnace, at a press conference in August.