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Ernakulam Town (also known as Ernakulam North) (station code: ERN [2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. [3] It is a railway station in the city of Kochi, Kerala. It is the second major railway station in Kochi after Ernakulam Junction. It is located in the northern ...
The Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line is a railway line which runs through the districts of Ernakulam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha in Kerala state of India. . This railway line starts as a branch line from Ernakulam Town railway station towards Kottayam and joins with the Ernakulam–Kayamkulam coastal line route via Alappuzha at Kayamkulam Junct
Initially it ran between Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, but owing to public demand it was extended to Kannur in 2013. [3] [1] [2]The train is one of the most popular commuter trains in Kerala state along with its counterpart, the 12075/76 Calicut Jan Shatabdi Express, which runs via Alappuzha.
First Railway service in erstwhile Travancore was started on 1904 November 26. It was Sengottai - Punalur Metre-gauge railway. Kollam district has the highest number of operational railway stations (25) in Kerala, while Palakkad district has the highest number of stations (28). Shoranur Junction(SRR) is the largest railway station in the state. [3]
Thiruvananthapuram railway division has the credit of building and maintaining highest number of passenger terminals in any railway division within southern railway. [ citation needed ] Passenger terminals are operational at Alappuzha , Ernakulam Jn , Thiruvananthapuram Central , Kollam Jn , Nagercoil Jn , Kanyakumari and Kochuveli .
Ernakulam Terminus was the first station to serve the city but had to be abandoned in the early 60's. Now, Southern Railway plans to renovate the station into the central station for the city and for proposed suburban railway system, because the pressure on the Ernakulam Junction railway station has been increasing. [27]
This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Shoranur Junction, Thrissur, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Chengannur, Kollam Junction and Thiruvananthapuram Central. This is the first Vande Bharat Express train for Kerala [5] and the third Vande Bharat Express train for Southern Railways. [6]
Controlling 376 train routes at a time, it is one of busiest railway stations in South India and an important railway hub. [4] At ₹ 158 crore (equivalent to ₹ 196 crore or US$23 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 ]