Pictures from the long abandoned station. Ernakulam Terminus was the first station to serve the city but had to be abandoned in the early 60's as traffic and the city grew. Related - A similar look at the Cochin Harbour Terminus. All pictures by Jimmy Jose.
Remains of a flag post suggest the Maharajah once hoisted his national flag here!! (Jimmy Jose)
This was the only way we could enter the main station building, though not that easily!! (Jimmy Jose)
Wanna stay in that lock up?? (Jimmy Jose)
Interiors of the magnificient station building. A nice paint job and you could get confused with interiors of a five star heritage resort. Look at the fine teak doors (Jimmy Jose)
Platform canopy behind the main station seem to be too short for the rainy season (Jimmy Jose)
Once people used this as a railway station. Now it is used for this... (Jimmy Jose)
The beautiful construction. The entire complex comprises of such arches. The construction is mainly of red cut stones easily available in this part of the country (Jimmy Jose)
Close up of the ornate canopy. Jason had to stretch himself to get a closer shot (Jimmy Jose)
A later day construction. Unapproachable anyway (Jimmy Jose)
A board boldly read smoking is strictly prohibited! (Jimmy Jose)
Don't bother to meet an RPF policeman here. But once somebody welcomed RPF here. Proof that this was once a railway station, guarded by it's precious guardians (Jimmy Jose)
The parcel area looks really intact. A small patch up and this could be used for a station. Look at the pillars near the railway track side (Jimmy Jose)
We found this sad time table board of the station, you can see details of the outward timings. These timings must be from sometimes in the 1960's (Jimmy Jose)
Once passenger's waiting bench. Now the anti social's planning bench. Look whats under the bench (Jimmy Jose)
Peeping into once of the offices (Jimmy Jose)