In 2010, the State government explored the possibility of implementing a metro rail project for Kozhikode city and its suburbs.
The proposal was to have a corridor connecting Meenchanda to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital through the heart of the city.
The State Cabinet then decided to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to implement monorail projects in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram, and administrative sanction was given in October 2012.
[2] On 12 June 2013, the State Cabinet gave clearance for an agreement to be signed between KMCL and DMRC, that would make the latter the general consultant for the monorail projects in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram.
The preliminary feasibility study had been carried out by the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) in association with the Kerala Road Fund Board in December 2008.
Already, the NATPAC has submitted a metro rail project covering a total distance of 32.6 km from Karipur to the Kozhikode Medical College.
[6][7][8][9] As per the proposal for Metro, it would start from Karipur Airport, touching Ramanattukara, Meenchanda, Mini- Bypass, Arayadathupalam and culminate at the Medical College.
The Union government was in favour of implementing the project with private participation, ruling out its own financial involvement.
[11] The car depot was proposed to be located about 500 metres (1,600 ft) east of the Medical College Hostel station on 5.20 hectares (12.8 acres) of vacant land owned by the government.