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{{Infobox station
| name= Ernakulam Terminus
| type = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway Station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image=Ernakulam_Terminus_Railway_Station.jpg
| image_caption= Ernakulam Terminus Railway Station as of 2020
| address= [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India
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| closed={{start date and age|1990}}
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| code= ERG
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'''Ernakulam Terminus''' (Station Code:ERG) is an abandoned railway station in the [[India]]n city of [[Kochi]]. It was the first railway station in Kochi, built by the [[Maharaja of Cochin|Maharaja]] [[Rama Varma XV]] of [[Kingdom of Cochin|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 Zone (India)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/10/stories/2011021053880900.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216022128/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/10/stories/2011021053880900.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-02-16 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Archive News |date=2011-02-10 |access-date=2015-12-28}}</ref>{{fv|date=February 2019}} The Indian Railway has decided to develop one Platform and one rail track of the railway station with an 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 the Mangalavanam bird sanctuary nearby 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 railway station|Cochin Harbour Terminus]]
*[[Ernakulam Junction]]
*[[Ernakulam Town]]
*[[Transport in Kochi]]
*[[Indian Railways]]

==References==
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{{Kochi (India) topics}}
{{Trivandrum Railway Division}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Kochi]]
[[Category:Thiruvananthapuram railway division]]
[[Category:Defunct railway stations in India]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1902]]
[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1990]]

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