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Blog Entry# 147989
Posted: Apr 27 2011 (21:00)
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Last Response: Apr 28 2011 (17:34)
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Last Response: Apr 28 2011 (17:34)
What do they do at this station. I guess no train operates from here.
4 Public Posts - Wed Apr 27, 2011
@Biplab Nayak*: Re# 147989-0
Cochin Harbour Terminus as of now is closed.No passenger trains operate.The Cochin goods adjacent to it is still operational is an important means of revenue.Passenger service existed till 2004 in the form of Cochin Harbour Terminus-Shornur Junction[56606/56607/56608/56609] passenger.But then the Venduruthy bridge, that provided connection from mainland to Willingdon Island where the station is located, got damaged after a dredger hit it.The bridge was declared unfit for service, but goods trains still use it.Also to note the Ernakulam jn.(ERS)-Cochin Harbour Terminus(CHTS) was approved for electrification when the electrification in the region was taken up some years ago.But the line is located very near to the naval airport at Willingdon island.The navy objected the construction of high rise structures.This...
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Cochin Harbour Terminus as of now is closed.No passenger trains operate.The Cochin goods adjacent to it is still operational is an important means of revenue.Passenger service existed till 2004 in the form of Cochin Harbour Terminus-Shornur Junction[56606/56607/56608/56609] passenger.But then the Venduruthy bridge, that provided connection from mainland to Willingdon Island where the station is located, got damaged after a dredger hit it.The bridge was declared unfit for service, but goods trains still use it.Also to note the Ernakulam jn.(ERS)-Cochin Harbour Terminus(CHTS) was approved for electrification when the electrification in the region was taken up some years ago.But the line is located very near to the naval airport at Willingdon island.The navy objected the construction of high rise structures.This...
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