Ernakulam Junction railway station
Ernakulam Junction railway station (also known as Ernakulam South, station code: ERS) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. 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. At ₹158 crore (equivalent to ₹196 crore or US$25 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. 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. It is also the first fully disabled-friendly railway station in India.
Ernakulam Junction Ernakulam South | |
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| Indian Railways station | |
Main entrance of Ernakulam Junction before the reconstruction in 2022 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Kochi, Kerala |
| Coordinates | 9.96885°N 76.29160°E |
| 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 |
| Rebuilt | 1946 (first) August 2025 (second) |
| Electrified | 2000 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018–19 | 53,698 per day Annual passengers – 1,96,00,000 (2021–22) |
| Rank | 3 (in Kerala) 2 (in Trivandrum division) |
| Location | |
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