The Southern Railway and Technopark authorities are jointly conducting a survey among techies on how to develop the nearby Kazhakuttam railway station.
“One of our major demands is to allow stops for more trains at Kazhakuttam railway station,” said Mr. Binu Shankar, chief executive officer, Group of Technology Companies (GTech). “Once that happens more techies will travel in trains and this would prompt the Technopark companies to invest in developing the station, which now lacks even basic amenities.”
An e-form is being circulated among employees of all Technopark firms seeking their inputs on various issues including trains they would prefer to have stops at Kazhakuttam and the facilities they expect.
The survey also seeks the opinion of techies on opening an unreserved ticketing counter at the Technopark premises.
“Based on these inputs, the railway authorities would be chalking out various proposals on allowing stops to more trains at Kazhakuttam and setting up more facilities at the railway station,” said Mr. Binu.
The Thiruvananthapuram divisional railway manager, Mr. Rajesh Agrawal, and representatives of leading Technopark firms, including Infosys, UST Global, IBS, TCS and Nest, had a meeting last month on jointly developing the railway station.
A demand for naming the station as Kazhakuttam-Technopark is also pending.
At present, only a few passenger trains and one express train are stopping at the station. The station lacks basic amenities and does not even have a full-fledged ticket counter.
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