{"id":510723,"date":"2022-08-01T10:31:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T05:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=510723"},"modified":"2022-08-01T12:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T06:37:05","slug":"silverline-derailing-fresh-options-gaining-steam-in-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/silverline-derailing-fresh-options-gaining-steam-in-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"SilverLine derailing, fresh options gaining steam in Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facing stiff resistance from the locals and no nod from the Centre, the SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project of Kerala seems to be derailing. <\/p>\n<p>However, new alternatives to revamp the existing railway network are gaining steam. New alternatives, such as \u2014 improving the signal system to increase the trains\u2019 speeds, straightening curves in the current lines, and laying new tracks \u2014 are on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that the easiest option is to strengthen the signalling system, which will increase the speed of existing trains by at least 15% and help introduce new trains, preferably with limited stops, ensuring a faster commute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing stiff resistance from the locals and no nod from the Centre, the SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project of Kerala seems to be derailing. However, new alternatives to revamp the existing railway network are gaining steam. New alternatives, such as \u2014 improving the signal system to increase the trains\u2019 speeds, straightening curves in the current lines, and laying new tracks \u2014 are on the cards. Experts say that the easiest option is to strengthen the signalling system, which will increase the speed of existing trains by at least 15% and help introduce new trains, preferably with limited stops, ensuring a faster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,130,261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-newspapers","category-railways-deccan-herald-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}