Ernakulam Junction
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Ernakulam Junction is the largest railway station in the city of Kochi
. The station has six platforms and two terminals (the Main entry and the Eastern entry). It is a junction, joining lines going in four different directions namely: north towards Shornur, south towards Alappuzha
, south-west towards Willingdon Island
and east towards Kottayam
. This station has 6 platforms to handle long distance trains and local trains.
The station is operated by the Southern Railway
zone of the Indian Railways
and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division
. It is one of the major railway stations in Kerala
with trains to any part of India and also one of the A1 graded stations in the Southern Railway. The Station also has a Train Care Centre in its premises.
Another major railway station in downtown Kochi
is the Ernakulam Town Railway Station
. Besides this there are numerous railway stations in the Greater Cochin Region
.
Because of the loop structure of the tracks, trains going from the Thrissur
side to the Kottayam
side via Ernakulam Junction have to reverse their directions, whereas those going to the Alappuzha
do not face this problem.
which in turn is referred to as (and was officially called for a long time as) "Ernakulam North
" or simply "North".
Ernakulam Junction also operates special train services to Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai during peak seasons. Ernakulam Junction has been chosen for a feasibility study for Bullet trains along Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Kochi-Trivandrum route.
facility and Railway cyber cafe to be installed at a railway station in Kerala was Ernakulam Junction. List of ATMs in Ernakulam Junction.
. It is the southernmost locoshed in Indian Railways
. It is mainly concentrating the maintenance of locos WDM-2, WDM-3A,WDS-6 and WDM-7 locos.
Kochi
-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...
. The station has six platforms and two terminals (the Main entry and the Eastern entry). It is a junction, joining lines going in four different directions namely: north towards Shornur, south towards Alappuzha
Alappuzha
Alappuzha , also known as Alleppey, is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. As per 2001 census Alleppey is the sixth largest city in Kerala with an urban population of 177,029. Alleppey is situated to the south of Kochi and north of Trivandrum...
, south-west towards Willingdon Island
Willingdon Island
Willingdon Island is an island, which forms part of the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Much of the present Willingdon Island was claimed from the Lake of Kochi, filling dredged soil around a previously existed, but tiny natural island...
and east towards Kottayam
Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
. This station has 6 platforms to handle long distance trains and local trains.
The station is operated by the Southern Railway
Southern Railway Zone (India)
The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...
zone of the Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division
Thiruvananthapuram Railway division
Thiruvananthapuram Railway division is one of the 6 divisions of the Southern Railway Zone of India. Its headquarters is in Thiruvananthapuram. It was the 53rd Division in the country, was carved out of the Palakkad Division and started in October 1979...
. It is one of the major railway stations in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
with trains to any part of India and also one of the A1 graded stations in the Southern Railway. The Station also has a Train Care Centre in its premises.
Another major railway station in downtown Kochi
Kochi
-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...
is the Ernakulam Town Railway Station
Ernakulam Town
Ernakulam Town is one of the three main railway stations in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram Railway division...
. Besides this there are numerous railway stations in the Greater Cochin Region
Greater Cochin
Greater Cochin is the area defined by Greater Cochin Development Authority for townplanning. This area consists of the Kochi UA region and its suburbs...
.
Because of the loop structure of the tracks, trains going from the Thrissur
Thrissur
This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...
side to the Kottayam
Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
side via Ernakulam Junction have to reverse their directions, whereas those going to the Alappuzha
Alappuzha
Alappuzha , also known as Alleppey, is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. As per 2001 census Alleppey is the sixth largest city in Kerala with an urban population of 177,029. Alleppey is situated to the south of Kochi and north of Trivandrum...
do not face this problem.
Local name of the station
Among Kochites, this station is referred to as "Ernakulam South" or simply "South" as it is in the southern part of Ernakulam, to distinguish it from Ernakulam TownErnakulam Town
Ernakulam Town is one of the three main railway stations in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram Railway division...
which in turn is referred to as (and was officially called for a long time as) "Ernakulam North
Ernakulam Town
Ernakulam Town is one of the three main railway stations in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram Railway division...
" or simply "North".
Trains originating from Ernakulam Junction
| No. | | Train No: | | Origin | | Destination | | Train Name | ||||
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| 1. | 12224/12223 | Ernakulam | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Lokmanya Tilak Terminus , formerly known as Kurla Terminus , is a railhead in a suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway... |
Mumbai Duronto Express Ernakulam-Lokmanya Tilak Duronto Ernakulam - Lokmanya Tilak Duronto is a bi-weekly nonstop superfast train between Kochi and Mumbai ., running through the scenic Konkan route. It is considered to be the fastest option for train connectivity between Kochi and Mumbai.-Frequency:... |
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| 2. | 12283/12284 | Ernakulam | H.Nizamudin | New Delhi Duronto Express Ernakulam-H.Nizamudin Duronto Ernakulam Duronto is a weekly non-stop superfast train which runs between Kochi , and the national capital New Delhi.. It runs through the scenic Konkan Railway. This is the first duronto express to the Kerala and the longest running duronto express in Indian Railways.- Frequency :This train runs... |
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| 3. | 12617/12618 | Ernakulam | H.Nizamudin | Mangala Lakshadweep Express Mangala Lakshadweep Express The Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express is a superfast train of Southern Railway and runs between New Delhi and Ernakulam Junction. It is currently being operated with 12617 / 12618 train numbers and running along the Konkan railway route, previously it was running between Mangalore and Delhi in... |
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| 4. | 12645/12646 | Ernakulam | H.Nizamudin | Millenium Express | ||||
| 5. | 16865/16866 | Ernakulam | Nagore Nagore Nagore is a town in the Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located approximately 16 km south of Karaikal and 4 km north of Nagapattinam. Tiruvarur , Mayiladuthurai , Muthupet are nearby towns. It has a population of approximately 90,000. The prime attraction is the renowned... |
Tea Garden Express Tea Garden Express Tea Garden Express is the most popular night express train in Southern Railway zone of the Indian railways, runs between Kochi and Nagore. The train numbered 6866 departs from Ernakulam Junction at 22.05 Hours and reaches Nagore at 11:45 hours the next day... |
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| 6. | 16305/16306 | Ernakulam | Kannur Kannur Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in... |
Intercity Express | ||||
| 7. | 16307/16308 | Ernakulam | Kannur Kannur Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in... |
Executive Express | ||||
| 8. | 12678/12677 | Ernakulam | Bangalore Bangalore City Railway Station Bangalore City Railway station is located across the Kempegowda Bus Station in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is an important hub of the South Western Railway. The station has 10 platforms and two entrances.-Junction:... |
Intercity Express | ||||
| 9. | 12683/12684 | Ernakulam | Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and... |
Superfast Express | ||||
| 10. | 22607/22608 | Ernakulam | Bangalore Bangalore City Railway Station Bangalore City Railway station is located across the Kempegowda Bus Station in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is an important hub of the South Western Railway. The station has 10 platforms and two entrances.-Junction:... |
Superfast Express | ||||
| 11. | 16303/16304 | Ernakulam | Trivandrum | Vanchinad Express Vanchinad Express Vanchinad Express is a express train in Kerala state, India which runs between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam. This train connectsstate capital Trivandrum with another important port city called Kochi in Kerala-Route:... |
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| 12. | 10216/10215 | Ernakulam | Madgon Margao Margao and commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It is the administrative headquarters of South Goa district and of the Salcete taluka.- Etymology :... |
Madagon Express | ||||
| 13. | 16309/16310 | Ernakulam | Patna Patna Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world... |
Patna Express | ||||
| 14. | 16359/16360 | Ernakulam | Patna Patna Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world... |
Patna Express | ||||
| 15. | 12507/12508 | Ernakulam | Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India... |
Guwahati Express | ||||
| 16. | 16337/16338 | Ernakulam | Okha Okha Okha is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 29,000 ; 27,963 ; 36,104 .-Geography:The town lies on the east coast of the far north of the island of Sakhalin, approximately 850 km north of the regional capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, near the shoreline of the Sea of Okhotsk.-History:The... |
Okha Express | ||||
| 17. | 12522/12521 | Ernakulam | Barauni Barauni Barauni is a town in the state of Bihar, India.Barauni was once an Industrial town in Begusarai district, Bihar. After the partition of the Jharkhand from Bihar, it had and still has the potential to become the industrial capital of Bihar.... |
Raptisagar Express Raptisagar Express The Raptisagar Express is the fourth longest train of the Indian Railways system. It runs tri-weekly between Trivandrum and Gorakhpur and between Ernakulam and Barauni once per week. This train goes via the towns of Coimbatore, Chennai, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bhopal,The Raptisagar Express is the... |
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| 18. | 11098/11097 | Ernakulam | Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... |
Poorna Express | ||||
| 19. | 12519/12520 | Ernakulam | Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... |
Pune Express | ||||
| 20. | 12977/2978 | Ernakulam | Ajmer Ajmer Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from... |
Marusagar Express Marusagar Express The Marusagar Express is a weekly express train that runs between Ajmer and Ernakulam, connecting Rajasthan to Kerala. The train runs through four zones of Indian Railways—Western Railway, Central Railway, Konkan Railway and Southern Railway traveling 2859 km in around 47 hours. There are 29... |
Trains passing through Ernakulam Junction
- Alleppey - ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
Alleppy Express: Train No:6042/6041 - Alleppey - DhanbadDhanbadDhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
Tata Express: Train No:3352/3351 - Alleppey - CannanoreKannurKannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
Express: Train No:6307/6308 - GuruvayurGuruvayurGuruvayur is a municipal town in Thrissur District, of Kerala State in India. It houses the famous Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, the fourth biggest temple in India in terms of the number of devotees per day.-History:Guruvayur, according to the legends may be 5,000 years old as the Guruvayur...
- Trivandrum Guruvayur Express: Train No:6341/6342 - Trivandrum -Gorakhpur JunctionGorakhpurGorakhpur is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, near the border with Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur District and Gorakhpur Division. Gorakhpur is one of the proposed capitals of the Purvanchal state which is yet to be formed...
Raptisagar ExpressRaptisagar ExpressThe Raptisagar Express is the fourth longest train of the Indian Railways system. It runs tri-weekly between Trivandrum and Gorakhpur and between Ernakulam and Barauni once per week. This train goes via the towns of Coimbatore, Chennai, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bhopal,The Raptisagar Express is the...
: Train No:2512/2511 - Trivandrum - New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
Kerala ExpressKerala ExpressThe Kerala Express is a super fast express train of the Indian Railways that runs between New Delhi and Trivandrum Central. It is a daily train that covers a distance of 3,036 kilometers in 50 hours, 50 minutes when it runs from New Delhi to Trivandrum with 40 stops at an average speed of...
: Train No:2625/2626 - Trivandrum - Nizamuddin Express: Train No:2643/2644
- Trivandrum - Shornur Junction Venad ExpressVenad ExpressThe Venad Express is a train which goes from Shoranur to Trivandrum. It is numbered train no. 16301 and 16302 ....
: Train No:6302/6301 - Trivandrum - Calicut Jan Shatabdi Express: Train No:2076/2075
- Trivandrum - BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
Express: Train No:6322/6321 - Trivandrum - ShalimarShalimarShalimar is a Kashmiri term that may refer to:In Pakistan and India*Shalimar means abode of love.*Shalimar Gardens, also called Shalimar Bagh, several royal gardens of the Mughal Empire...
Express: Train No:6323/6324 - Trivandrum - Indore JunctionIndore JunctionIndore Junction BG , is the main railway junction station of largest city Indore City in Madhya Pradesh, India.- Structure and Location :...
Ahilyanagari ExpressAhilyanagari ExpressAhilyanagari Express Ahilyanagari Express Ahilyanagari Express (Hindi: अहिल्या नगरी एक्सप्रेस, Malayalam:ആഹില്യ നഗരി എക്സ്പ്രെസ്സ് or Ahilya Express is a weekly mail express train of the Indian Railways, running between Indore Junction BG railway station of Indore, the largest city and commercial...
: Train No:6326/6325 - Trivandrum - KorbaKorbaKorba is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is one of Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides' Fedaykin death commandos in the original novel Dune , and later one of the chief priests of the religion of Muad'Dib in Dune Messiah .Korba was portrayed by Karel Dobrý in the 2003...
Express: Train No:6328/6327 - Trivandrum - Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji TerminusChhatrapati Shivaji TerminusThe Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus , is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and historic railway station in Mumbai which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. Situated in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai, it was built as a new railway station on the location of the Bori Bunder Station in 1887...
Express: Train No:6332/6331 - Trivandrum - VeravalVeravalVeraval is a city and a municipality in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located 6 km from Somnath.- History :...
Express: Train No:6334/6333 - Trivandrum - Lokmanya Tilak TerminusLokmanya Tilak TerminusLokmanya Tilak Terminus , formerly known as Kurla Terminus , is a railhead in a suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway...
Netravathi Express: Train No:6346/6345 - Trivandrum - MangaloreMangaloreMangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
Maveli Express: Train No:6604/6603 - Trivandrum - Nizamuddin Rajdhani ExpressRajdhani ExpressRajdhani Express is a passenger train service in India connecting New Delhi with other important destinations, especially state capitals. Rajdhani means "The Capital" in Hindi.- History :...
Express: Train No:2431/2432 - Kochuveli - ChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
Kerala Sampark Kranti Express: Train No:2217/2218 - Kochuveli - BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
Express: Train No:6316/6315 - Kochuveli - AmritsarAmritsarAmritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
Express: Train No:2483/2484 - Kochuveli - DehradunDehradun- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
Express: Train No:2287/2288 - TirunelveliTirunelveliTirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...
- Happa Superfast Express: Train No:2997/2998 - GuruvayurGuruvayurGuruvayur is a municipal town in Thrissur District, of Kerala State in India. It houses the famous Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, the fourth biggest temple in India in terms of the number of devotees per day.-History:Guruvayur, according to the legends may be 5,000 years old as the Guruvayur...
- Chennai EgmoreChennai EgmoreChennai Egmore , formerly known as Madras Egmore, is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai , South India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains connecting Chennai and southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.This is one of the two main railway terminals in the city along with...
Guruvayur Express: Train No:6128/6127 - NagercoilNagercoilNagercoil is the 12th largest city in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a municipality and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District...
- MangaloreMangaloreMangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
Ernad Express: Train No:6606/6605
Ernakulam Junction also operates special train services to Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai during peak seasons. Ernakulam Junction has been chosen for a feasibility study for Bullet trains along Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Kochi-Trivandrum route.
ATMs
The first ATMAutomated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
facility and Railway cyber cafe to be installed at a railway station in Kerala was Ernakulam Junction. List of ATMs in Ernakulam Junction.
- Indian BankIndian BankIndian Bank is a major Indian Commercial Bank headquartered in Chennai , India. It has 22,000 employees, 1923 branches and is one of the big public sector banks of India. It has overseas branches in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and 229 correspondent banks in 69 countries...
- Indian Overseas BankIndian Overseas BankIndian Overseas Bank is a major bank based in Chennai , with 2018 domestic branches and six branches overseas. Indian Overseas Bank has an ISO certified inhouse Information Technology department, which has developed the software that 2018 branches use to provide online banking to customers; the...
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- Dena BankDena BankDena Bank is one of the earliest banks in India headquartered in Mumbai.-History:* Dena Bank was founded by the family of Devkaran Nanjee under the name Devkaran Nanjee Banking Company Ltd....
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Other facilities available
Also an integrated surveillance post set was up jointly by the Excise and the Commercial Taxes Department at the Ernakulam South railway station on March 1, 2008 of drugs and illicit liquor.- Online Reservation counters -open between 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Passenger Waiting Hall with transit lodging facility
- Cyber cafe
- Parcel booking Office
- Railway Mailing service (RMS) office
- Railway Protection force - Circle office
- IRCTC Restaurants
- Pre-Paid autorikshaw counters
- Pre-paid parking space
Diesel Loco Shed
Ernakulam Diesel Loco Shed is the only loco shed from the state of KeralaKerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. It is the southernmost locoshed in Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
. It is mainly concentrating the maintenance of locos WDM-2, WDM-3A,WDS-6 and WDM-7 locos.
See also
- Ernakulam TownErnakulam TownErnakulam Town is one of the three main railway stations in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram Railway division...
- Cochin Harbour TerminusCochin Harbour TerminusCochin Harbour Terminus is one of the railway stations in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. It is located on the Willingdon Island. The Cochin Harbour Terminus is the principal station providing rail connectivity to the southern segment of the Port of Kochi located on the...
- Indian RailwaysIndian RailwaysIndian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
- Transport in KochiTransport in KochiKochi ; formerly known as Cochin) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city is unofficially known as economic capital of Kerala, hence transport plays a crucial role in the city...