The Indian government should try their best to extend this train southwards to Thiruvananthapuram and northwards to Mangaluru, with stops at Ambalappuzha, Harippad, Kayamkulam, Karunagappally, Sasthamkotta, Kollam, Paravur, Varkala, Chirayinkeezhu and Kazhakkoottam southwards, and Pazhayangadi, Payyannur, Nileshwaram, Kanhangad, Kasargod and Manjeshwaram northwards.