Ernakulam Terminus railway station

Ernakulam Terminus (Station Code:ERG) is an abandoned railway station in the Indian city of Kochi. It was the first railway station in Kochi, built by the Maharaja Rama Varma XV of Kochi. Great personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin Viceroy have visited Cochin through this old majestic railway station. Now it is abandoned and operates as a Goods Terminal of the Southern Railway.

Future plans

There is a strong demand to reopen this Terminus now, as Ernakulam Jn. is getting saturated. Once revived, the long-distance express trains starting from/terminating at Kochi can be diverted to this station, which would reduce the congestion at South railway station by a huge factor. More MEMU services can be operated from Ernakulam Town, Ernakulam Junction and Cochin Harbour Terminus stations in the city.^[1] The Indian Railway has decided to develop one Platform and one rail track of the railway station with a initial budgetary allocation of Rs.12 Crore. It has been decided that the station will be used for one passenger train service to start with. And subsequently if the passenger traffic crosses the threshold then further funds will be allocated in the coming budget to further develop the station. Many criticisms including the possible destruction of man-made bird sanctuary Magalavanam are partly taken care considering the possibility of a slow pace of development of the station envisaged based on passenger requirement. This railway station is very near to the High Court of Kerala.

See also

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

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