Ernakulam Junction railway station
NSG-2 classified railway station in Kerala, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ernakulam Junction railway station (also known as Ernakulam South, station code: ERS[2]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.[3] It is the main railway terminus in the city of Kochi, Kerala. Controlling 376 train routes at a time, it is one of busiest railway station in South India and an important railway hub.[4] At ₹158 crore (equivalent to ₹196 crore or US$24 million in 2023) in financial year 2018–19, it is the second largest in terms of passenger revenues in Kerala and the fifth largest in Southern Railway.[5] Ernakulam Junction is an NSG-2 classified station operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division.[6] It is also the first fully disabled-friendly railway station in India.[7]
Ernakulam Junction Ernakulam South | |||||||
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Indian Railways station | |||||||
General information | |||||||
Location | Kochi, Kerala | ||||||
Coordinates | 9.96885°N 76.29160°E / 9.96885; 76.29160 | ||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
Operated by | Southern Railway zone | ||||||
Line(s) | Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line, Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section Ernakulam–Alappuzha–Kayamkulam Ernakulam Junction–Cochin Harbour Terminus | ||||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||||
Tracks | 10 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||
Bicycle facilities | available | ||||||
Accessible | |||||||
Other information | |||||||
Status | Active | ||||||
Station code | ERS | ||||||
Fare zone | Southern Railway zone | ||||||
Classification | NSG-2 | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1932; 92 years ago (1932) | ||||||
Rebuilt | 1946; 78 years ago (1946) (first) August 2025; 12 months' time (August 2025) (second) | ||||||
Electrified | 2000; 24 years ago (2000) | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
2018–19 | 53,698 per day [1] Annual passengers – 1,96,00,000 (2021–22) | ||||||
Rank | 3 (in Kerala) 2 (in Trivandrum division) | ||||||
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