Ernakulam Junction

For the 1971 Malayalam film, see Ernakulam Junction (film).

Ernakulam Junction Indian Railway Station
Station statistics
Address	Kochi, Kerala, India
Coordinates	9.96885°N 76.29160°E / 9.96885; 76.29160
Lines	Ernakulam-Kottayam-Kayamkulam, Shornur Junction-Cochin Harbour Terminus, Ernakulam-Alleppey-Kayamkulam
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Parking	Available
Other information
Electrified	Yes
Code	ERS
Owned by	Indian Railways
Fare zone	Southern Railway

Ernakulam Junction (also known as Ernakulam South, code: ERS) 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.

Local name of the station

Among Kochites, Ernakulam Junction 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 (and was officially called for a long time as) "Ernakulam North" or simply "North".

Trains originating from Ernakulam Junction

No.	Train No:	Origin	Destination	Train Name
1.	12224/12223	Ernakulam	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus	Mumbai Duronto Express
2.	12283/12284	Ernakulam	H.Nizamudin	New Delhi Duronto Express
3.	12617/12618	Ernakulam	H.Nizamudin	Mangala Lakshadweep Express
4.	12645/12646	Ernakulam	H.Nizamudin	Millenium Express
5.	16865/16866	Ernakulam	Nagore	Tea Garden Express
6.	16305/16306	Ernakulam	Kannur	Intercity Express
7.	16307/16308	Ernakulam	Kannur	Executive Express
8.	12678/12677	Ernakulam	Bangalore	Intercity Express
9.	12683/12684	Ernakulam	Bangalore	Superfast Express
10.	22607/22608	Ernakulam	Bangalore	Superfast Express
11.	16303/16304	Ernakulam	Trivandrum	Vanchinad Express
12.	10216/10215	Ernakulam	Madgon	Madagon Express
13.	16309/16310	Ernakulam	Patna	Patna Express
14.	16359/16360	Ernakulam	Patna	Patna Express
15.	12507/12508	Ernakulam	Guwahati	Guwahati Express
16.	16337/16338	Ernakulam	Okha	Okha Express
17.	12522/12521	Ernakulam	Barauni	Raptisagar Express
18.	11098/11097	Ernakulam	Pune	Poorna Express
19.	12519/12520	Ernakulam	Pune	Pune Express
20.	12977/12978	Ernakulam	Ajmer	Marusagar Express
21.	22816/22817	Ernakulam	Bilaspur	Bilaspur Express

Trains passing through Ernakulam Junction

• Alleppey - Chennai Alleppy Express: Train No:6042/6041
• Alleppey - Dhanbad Tata Express: Train No:3352/3351
• Alleppey - Cannanore Express: Train No:6307/6308
• Guruvayur - Trivandrum Guruvayur Express: Train No:6341/6342
• Trivandrum -Gorakhpur Junction Raptisagar Express: Train No:2512/2511
• Trivandrum - New Delhi Kerala Express: Train No:2625/2626
• Trivandrum - Nizamuddin Express: Train No:2643/2644
• Trivandrum - Shornur Junction Venad Express: Train No:6302/6301
• Trivandrum - Calicut Jan Shatabdi Express: Train No:2076/2075
• Trivandrum - Bangalore Express: Train No:6322/6321
• Trivandrum - Shalimar Express: Train No:6323/6324
• Trivandrum - Indore Junction Ahilyanagari Express: Train No:6326/6325
• Trivandrum - Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus Express: Train No:6332/6331
• Trivandrum - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Netravathi Express: Train No:6346/6345
• Trivandrum - Mangalore Maveli Express: Train No:6604/6603
• Trivandrum - Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express Express: Train No:2431/2432
• Kochuveli - Chandigarh Kerala Sampark Kranti Express: Train No:2217/2218
• Kochuveli - Bangalore Express: Train No:6316/6315
• Kochuveli - Amritsar Express: Train No:2483/2484
• Tirunelveli - Happa Superfast Express: Train No:2997/2998
• Tirunelveli - Bilaspur Superfast Express: Train No:2788/2787
• Guruvayur - Chennai Egmore Guruvayur Express: Train No:6128/6127
• Nagercoil - Mangalore 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 ATM facility and Railway cyber cafe to be installed at a railway station in Kerala was Ernakulam Junction. List of ATMs in Ernakulam Junction.

• Indian Bank
• Indian Overseas Bank
• Canara Bank
• Union Bank of India
• Dena Bank
• Bank of India
• State Bank of India

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 Kerala. 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.

See also

• Ernakulam Town
• Cochin Harbour Terminus
• Indian Railways
• Transport in Kochi

External links

• The official website of Southern railway