Retired railway chief controller aur writer T.D. Ramakrishnan ne Thrissur se Guruvayur tak railway line ko terminate karne ka decision ko 'mandattaram' bola. Unka argument tha ki yeh project, jo originally Kuttipuram tak extend karne wala tha, Kerala ke vikas ko bahut fayda de sakta tha, kyuki yeh Mangalore se Thrissur...
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tak trains ke liye ek alternative route provide karta, Shornur ko bypass karke. 9 January 1994 ko inaugurate kiya gaya yeh line, initially Thrissur se Kuttipuram ko connect karne ke liye socha gaya tha, but aakhir mein yeh Guruvayur tak hi limited reh gaya. Though, alternative destinations like Tirunavaya, Tirur, aur Tanur bhi consider kiya gaya, but Kuttipuram hi sabse suitable tha. Guruvayur pe line ko terminate karne se Malabar ko ek bahut jaroori alternative route se vंचित kar diya gaya, aur ab iske complete hone ki sambhavna kam lagti hai. 17 December 1995 ko Guruvayur-Kuttipuram line ke liye foundation stone rakha gaya tha, but yeh project kabhi complete nahi ho paya.