Angamaly railway station

For the place, see Angamaly.

Angamaly for Kaladi അങ്കമാലി ഫോർ കാലടി
Indian Railways station
Angamaly railway station site
Location	Angamaly South, Angamaly, Kerala 683572
Coordinates	10.302°N 76.322°E / 10.302; 76.322
Owned by	Indian Railways
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Station code	AFK
Fare zone	Southern Railway
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
10000 per day (includes up and down passengers, may vary)
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Aluva toward ? Southern Railway zone Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section Karukutty toward ?
Route map km Nilambur–Shoranur line to Nilambur Road Shoranur–Mangalore section to Kozhikode 0 Shoranur Junction SH 22 Jolarpettai–Shoranur line to Palakkad Junction 1 Bharathapuzha Halt Bharathappuzha River ↑ PGT limits ↓ TVC limits SH 22 4 Vallathol Nagar Thazhepra overpass 8 Mullurkara SH 22 Aloor River SH 22 17 Wadakkanchery SH 76 Athani overpass Velappaya overpass 24 Mulankunnathukavu Pamboor overpass Thanikkudam River to Guruvayur SH 69 31 Punkunnam Kottapuram overpass Azhekoddan Road 33 Thrissur SH 22 Kappela overpass 40 Ollur Ollur overpass Manali River 47 Pudukad Karuvannur River 50 Nellayi Muriyad–Moorkanal canal SH 61 57 Irinjalakuda SH 51 Ashtamichira Road 63 Chalakudi Chalakudy River 65 Divine Nagar Muringoor overpass Koratty overpass 69 Koratty Pongam overpass 74 Karukutty Elavoor Road Manjally Thodu 78 Angamaly NH 544 Old Airport Road Airport Road 84 Chovvara Thuruth Bridge Periyar SH 16 88 Aluva Masjid Road 94 Kalamassery Old Kalamassery overpass NH 544 South Kalamassery overpass Edapally River NH 66 98 Edappally Chittoor Road 104 Ernakulam Town North Railway overpass Pullepady overpass to Kottayam A L Jacob overpass 106 Ernakulam C Cabin 107 Ernakulam Junction SH 15 to Alappuzha km

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

See also

• Sabarimala Railway

References

• Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/@13.0523136,80.2095104,12z
• Indian Rail Info: https://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/angamaly-for-kalady-afk/49
• 2016–17 incomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_passenger_earnings_details_of_railway_stations_in_Kerala#Notes