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.
The station is complete with a Post and Telegraph Office. This was converted into some Co-operative Society office long ago. (Jimmy Jose)
This is the entry into the station through the back side (Jimmy Jose)
Remains of a quarters. There is a story attached to this building. A widow who lost her railwayman husband to train accident used to live here. Railways issued notice to her to evacuate out of the quarters immediately. She fought a long legal battle f
The jewel in the crown. A perfect diamond crossing in the middle of nowhere. The railway lines are crossing exactly at 90 degrees. A true relic to be preserved (Jimmy Jose)
Entrance to the long abandoned "Vembanad Waterways". This company operated ferry services to the kerala hinterlands, connecting them with the railway station (Jimmy Jose)
The railway line connecting to the Vembanad Waterways jetty is a waterway in itself. Note the remains of trees and a quarters (Jimmy Jose)
Name board of the Ernakulam Terminus station (Jimmy Jose)
The R class wagon, stolen from the past (Jimmy Jose)
In another part of the station, which was later called "Ernakulam Goods" (ERG), a large stock of electrical equipments are rotting away. They were brought here, interestingly, by road and will be transported by road. (Jimmy Jose)
More views of Ernakulam Goods station. The godown on right was food storage area. The godown on left was having exit to a jetty and was used to store island produce (Jimmy Jose)
The godown adjacent to the jetty is still almost intact (Jimmy Jose)
Some equipments stored at the shed, probably plucked out from the station itself as there were no more tracks to be switched (Jimmy Jose)
Ornamental decoration on the canopy of one of the sheds (Jimmy Jose)
This is the water body area where boats once offloaded goods to transfer to trains. Just imagine how busy this area would have been in the past. (Jimmy Jose)
One of the old platforms and the rotting electrical equipments. (Jimmy Jose)