Back এর্নাকুলাম জংশন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন Bengali/Bangla एरनाकुलम जंक्शन रेलवे स्टेशन Hindi എറണാകുളം ജങ്ക്ഷൻ തീവണ്ടിനിലയം Malayalam एर्नाकुलम जंक्शन रेल्वे स्थानक Marathi ᱮᱨᱱᱟᱠᱩᱞᱚᱢ ᱡᱚᱸᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ SAT எர்ணாகுளம் சந்திப்பு தொடருந்து நிலையம் Tamil ارناکلم جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن Urdu
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°58′08″N 76°17′30″E / 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 [1] Annual passengers – 1,96,00,000 (2021–22) | ||||||
| Rank | 3 (in Kerala) 2 (in Trivandrum division) | ||||||
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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 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] 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]
- ^ "Annual originating passengers and earnings for the year 2018–19 - Thiruvananthapuram Division" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Ernakulam Junction: Restrictions on train traffic from Jan 30". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Kerala railway stations ahead in passenger fare income". Malayala Manorama. Thrissur. 1 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Ernakulam Is India's 1st Disabled-Friendly Railway Station, Thanks To This Resilient Woman". India Times. Retrieved 4 December 2018.