Thiruvananthapuram – Kasaragod: Ridership over different horizon years.
Estimated Ridership Forecast for Different Horizon Years for Thiruvananthapuram – Kasaragod

• Operating Speed: 200 KMPH
• Maximum Design Speed: 220 KMPH (structures designed for 250 kmph)

The train operation plan has been taken for headway of 15, 15,10 and 10 minutes in the year 2025-26, 2029-30, 2040-41 & 2052-53 respectively during the peak period.

1. Traction feeding system :     2X25    KV       Auto    Transformer     Type    feeding
2. SystemCurrent Collection: Over Head Contact System (CCS)
3. Power Requirements:
   

   Year	2025-26	2032-33	2042-43	2052-53
   Power demand (MVA)	104	119	158	184
   Energy consumption (million units)	279	321	427	497

To start with, 9 car Train with the capacity of 9 car is 675 passengers. This train length can be increased to 12/15 cars in future with capacity of 900/1125 passengers respectively.

1. Type of Train: EMU with 9 cars extended as 12/15 cars
2. Train Carrying Capacity: For 9 cars, 675 passengers
3. Train Length (in meter) incl. auto coupler 9 car train – 225 m (approx.)  :15 car train – 375 m (approx.)
4. Length of Coach          : 25.00 m (average)
5. Width of Coach            : 3.4 m(maximum)
6. Height of Coach           : 4.5 m
7. Axle Load (T) : Maximum Axle load is taken 16 – 17 Ton for Passenger Train, design proposed as per UIC load.
8. Coach construction : Lightweight equipment and coach body aluminium body
9. Propulsion : Traction circuit & configuration: 3 phase drive system with VVVF Inverter control using IGBT and asynchronous traction motor / PMSM
10. Braking system: Electric Regenerative brake with continuous  blending of Electro Pneumatic friction brakes and parking brakes.

Continuous automatic train protection with continuous transmission of permanent movement authority (ETCS Level 2 System based on LTE Radio Communication with Train).

ETCS Level -2 (European Train Control System) with LTE. LTE Communication System without loss at speeds up to 350 kmph. Cab Signalling on board system.

Automatic train control system with ATP, ATO (equivalent to GOA level2) with block length of approximately 8 km. Operation Control Centre (OCC) with Backup Control Centre (BCC) with RBC capable of handling 50 trains (approx.). Mobile Radio System, CCTV Telephone, PAS, PIDS, Clock etc.

Central Computer System (CCS), Smart Card (EMV   based), Mobile Apps/ Mobile web Application, Station Computer System (SCS), Ticket Office Machine (TOM), Ticket Vending Machine (TVM)/ Self, Service Ticketing KIOSKS, Mobile Ticket Counter (MTC), Portable Processing unit (PPU), Automatic Gate (AG)

• Total Estimated Cost Without Taxes (at March 2020 Prices): Rs. 49918.70 Crores (inclusive of land).
• Total Estimated Cost with all taxes& duties (March 2020 base): Rs.55053.83 Crores (inclusive of cost of land).
• Estimated completion cost with all taxes, land cost, Escalation & IDC: Rs 63940.67 Crores (inclusive of cost of land).

Rs. 2.75 per km in Standard Class.