Angamaly railway station
# Angamaly railway station

Angamaly for Kalady (station code: AFK) is a railway station Located at Angamaly (major suburb of Kochi City) in Ernakulam district of Kerala state in India operated by Southern Railway Network. It lies in the Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section of Trivandrum division. Angamaly is the halting point for 46 trains including Express and all Passenger trains passing through this station. The railway station is located about 26 km from Ernakulam Town and 10 km from Aluva stations. It Is the nearest railway station of Cochin International Airport.

Angamaly ranked 28 out of 104 for earnings during 2016–17 fiscal year.

The proposed rail line to Sabarimala is starting from here. The proposed line starts from Angamaly in Ernakulam district and ends at Erumelli, one of the major Ayyappa pilgrims base camp centre, at Kottayam district. The centre has allocated a total outlay of Rs 923 crore to the state for various railway projects for the year 2018–19. The new projects announced are the Rs 1518-crore doubling in the Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari section and a third line in the 107-km-long Ernakulam–Shornur congested sector. The estimated cost of the project when it was conceived years ago was Rs 517 crore. But due to delay in implementation, the cost had escalated to Rs 1,566 crore now.

## Layout

Angamaly railway station has 3 platforms to handle long-distance and Passenger trains and 2 platforms to handle cargo. There is one entrance at present.

## Revenue

Angamaly railway station is a low-revenue station for Thiruvananthapuram rail division. In the financial year 2016–17 it earned only 7cr rupees, with 21 lakh passengers using the service.

## Nearby places

* Cochin International Airport – (4.42 km)
* Sri Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthamba Mandapam – (7.4 km)
* Sri Ramakrishna Advaita Ashram (8.3 km)
* Dreamworld Water Park (34 km)
* Silver Storm Water Theme Park (36 km)
* Wonderla Kochi (30 km)
* Thattekad Bird Sanctuary (45 km)
* Cherai Beach (27.4 km)
* Malayattoor Church (16 km)
* The Village, Mangattukara, Angamaly (3 km)

## Trains passing through Angamaly railway station

| No. | Train no. | Train name | Arrival days | Schedule |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | 16629 | Malabar Express | Daily | 00:29 |
| 2. | 16347 | Mangaluru Central Express | Daily | 02:29 |
| 3. | 16630 | Malabar Express | Daily | 02:49 |
| 4. | 16381 | Kanniyakumari Jayanti Janata | Daily | 03:42 |
| 5. | 16127 | Guruvayur Express | Daily | 04:14 |
| 6. | 16341 | Thiruvananthapuram Intercity | Daily | 04:21 |
| 7. | 16187 | Karaikkal–Ernakulam (Tea Garden) Express | Daily | 05:24 |
| 8. | 12623 | Chennai Central–Thiruvananthapuram Central Mail | Daily | 06:00 |
| 9. | 56361 | Shoranur–Ernakulam Passenger | Daily | 06:14 |
| 10. | 16526 | Kanniyakumari Island Express | Daily | 06:44 |
| 11. | 56370 | Ernakulam–Guruvayur Passenger | Daily | 06:52 |
| 12. | 56365 | Guruvayur–Punalur Fast Passenger | Daily | 07:11 |
| 13. | 16305 | Ernakulam–Kannur Intercity Express | Daily | 07:19 |
| 14. | 22639 | Chennai Central–Alappuzha ( Alleppey ) SF Express | Daily | 07:44 |
| 15. | 56362 | Kottayam–Nilambur Road Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 07:53 |
| 16. | 56371 | Guruvayur–Ernakulam Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 08:15 |
| 17. | 16308 | Kannur–Alappuzha Executive Express | Daily | 10:40 |
| 18. | 22646 | Ahilya Nagari SF Express | Saturday | 10:44 |
| 19. | 12512 | Thiruvananthapuram Central–Gorakhpur Rapti Sagar SF Express | Sun,Tue,Wed | 10:44 |
| 20. | 12522 | Ernakulam–Barauni Rapti Sagar SF Express | Fri | 10:44 |
| 21. | 66611 | Palakkad Jn–Ernakulam Jn MEMU | Sun,Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat | 10:57 |
| 22. | 22648 | Thiruvananthapuram Central–Korba SF Express | Mon,Thu | 11:04 |
| 23. | 16302 | Shornur Venad Express | Daily | 11:04 |
| 24. | 22645 | Thiruvananthapuram Ahilya Nagari Express | Wed | 11:44 |
| 25. | 12511 | Gorakhpur–Thiruvananthapuram Central Rapti Sagar SF Express | Sun,Thu,Fri | 11:44 |
| 26. | 12521 | Barauni–Ernakulam Rapti Sagar SF Express | Thu | 11:44 |
| 27. | 16650 | Mangalore Parasuram Express | Daily | 11:44 |
| 28. | 22647 | Korba–Thiruvananthapuram Central SF Express | Mon,Fri | 11:49 |
| 29. | 16649 | Thiruvananthapuram Parasuram Express | Daily | 13:32 |
| 30. | 16382 | Kanniyakumari–Mumbai CSMT (Jayanti Janata) Express | Daily | 14:08 |
| 31. | 56375/ | Guruvayur–Ernakulam Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 14:29 |
| 32. | 66612 | Ernakulam Jn.–Palakkad Jn. MEMU | Sun,Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat | 15:59 |
| 33. | 16301 | Thiruvananthapuram Venad Express | Daily | 15:54 |
| 34. | 16307 | Alappuzha–Kannur Executive Express | Daily | 16:49 |
| 35. | 22640 | Alappuzha–Chennai Central (Alleppey) SF Express | Daily | 17:59 |
| 36. | 56364 | Ernakulam Jn–Shoranur Jn Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 18:23 |
| 37. | 16525 | Bangalore Island Express | Daily | 18:39 |
| 38. | 56363 | Nilambur Road–Kottayam Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 19:04 |
| 39. | 16306 | Kannur–Ernakulam Intercity Express | Daily | 19:24 |
| 40. | 12624 | Thiruvananthapuram Central–Chennai Central Mail | Daily | 19:59 |
| 41. | 56376 | Ernakulam–Guruvayur Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 20:37 |
| 42. | 16342/ | Thiruvananthapuram Central uruvayur InterCity Express | Daily | 22:19 |
| 43. | 16188 | Ernakulam–Karaikkal (Tea Garden) Express | Daily | 22:29 |
| 44. | 16128/ | Guruvayur–Chennai Egmore Express | Daily | 22:49 |
| 45. | 16348 | Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram Express | Daily | 22:51 |
| 46. | 56366 | Punalur–Guruvayur Fast Passenger (unreserved) | Daily | 23:57 |

## Demands

* Establish Sabari Rail Project soon
* Modernization of existing rail terminal
* Modification of platform 3
* Extension of 56605/Coimbatore–Trissur Passenger train to Angamaly
* Extension of 56663/Thrissur–Kozhikode Passenger train to Angamaly
* Extension of Cochin Harbour Terminus DEMU to Angamaly
* Subway at platforms
* LED displays at the terminal
* Transfer of goods yard to Karukutty
* Opening of passenger amenities centre
* Stoppage for 16791/Punalur–Palakkad Palaruvi Express
* Stoppage for 12617/Mangala Lakshadweep SF Express
* Stoppage for 12678/Ernakulam–Bangalore Intercity
* Stoppage for 12696/Trivandrum Express
* Restart Angamaly–Ernakulam MEMU
* Construction of overbridge thereby making the platform one
