Ernakulam Junction

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Ernakulam Junction is a railway junction and one of the major railway stations in Kochi, India. It is operated by the Southern Railway department of the Indian Railways. It is one of the major stations in Kerala where trains are found to any part of India. Ernakulam Junction and Ernakulam Town are the two major stations in Kochi. 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. Many trains originate from here.

Busiest in Kerala -

'Ernakulam railway station is busiest railway station in Kerala by the number of passengers traveling. Ernakulam railway station is the most neglected station, considering the passenger traffic. The station needs to be modernized as it is the major railway point of the most developed city of Kerala,that is, Kochi - The Commercial capital of Kerala.

First in Kerala -

THE first ATM to be installed at a railway station in Kerala was Ernakulam junction on May 23,2002 and the first cyber cafe at a railway station in the State started functioning at Ernakulam Junction from October 6,2006. 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 01, 2008 by P.K. Gurudasan, Minister for Labour and Excise to check movement of drugs and illicit liquor. This was first of its kind in Kerala.

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 Town which in turn is referred to as (ans was officially called for a long time as) "Ernakulam north" or simply "North". The station code for this station ERS.

Important Trains -

Some very important trains like H.Nizamuddin - Trivandrum Rajdhani Express pass through this station. It is connected by daily direct trains to H. Nizamuddin/New Dehi (Ernakulam-H. Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express, Trivandrum - New Delhi Kerala Express), Chennai (Alleppey-Chennai Express), Mumbai(Trivandrum-Mumbai CST Netravati Express), Bangalore(Kanyakumari-Bangalore), Mangalore(Trivandrum-Mangalore malabar Express and Maveli Express), and Thiruchchirappalli (Ernakulam-Tiruchchi Expres). It is also connected to Guwahati, Patna, Bilaspur, Gorakhpur, Ahmedabad, Haora and Hyderabad by direct trains.