# Angamaly railway station

Angamaly for Kalady (station code: AFK) is an NSG–4 category Amruth Bharat Railway Station Amrit Bharat Station Scheme Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It 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 48 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, 5 km apart, where above 10 million passengers traveling every year.
This railway station has a Full Rake facility of Goods Yard and FCI private sidings railway line and TELK private siding railway line.
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. 1 Foot overbridge, cooled drinking water facility available, Parking facility for vehicles available in railway compound and private pay and park facilities are available. 24 hour auto taxi facility available. Lot of nearby star hotel rooms available within a vicinity of 200meters. Private Bustand located near the railway station. KSRTC buses available in front of the railway station. KSRTC main depot located 2 km away from this railway station. Railway sanctioned lift facility at 1, 2 and 3rd platforms and its implementation has not started yet. one SBI ATM facility in front of the station itself and a Federal Bank ATM facility located at 100meters away from the main entrance. One full rake Goods Yard and 2 private railway sidings for FCI & TELK.

## Revenue

Angamaly railway station is an average revenue station for Thiruvananthapuram rail division.Annual passenger earnings details of railway stations in Kerala In the financial year 2016–17 it earned 7cr rupees, with 21 lakh passengers per year using the service.

## Nearby places

* Cochin International Airport – (4.42 km)
* GIFT CITY KOCHI ANGAMALY - (13.5 km)
* Sree Sarada Military School Kalady (7 km)
* Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit(7 km)
* Food Corporation of India Angamaly (1 km)
* Central MSME Technology centre Govt of India Angamaly (1.5 km)
* KSIDC Business Park Angamaly (1.5 km)
* INKEL Business Park Angamaly (1.5 km)
* Transformers and Electricals Kerala Limited (1 km)
* ESI Dispensary Angamaly (2 km)
* Government Thaluk Hospital Angamaly (2 km)
* KSRTC Angamaly Bustand (2 km)
* Little Flower Hospital and Research Centre Angamaly (2 km)
* Sri Sringeri Shankara Math Sri Adi Shankara Janmabhoomi Kshethram, Kalady (9 km)
* Sri Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthamba Mandapam – (7.4 km)
* Sri Ramakrishna Advaita Ashram (8.3 km)
* Sree Sankaracharya College of arts and science (7 km)
* Adi Sankara Training College (7 km)
* Adi Sankaracharya institute of Science and technology Kalady (7 km)
* Federal Institute of Science and technology Hormis Nagar Angamaly (9 km)
* SCMS school of Engineering and technology (12 km)
* DePaul Institute of Science and technology Angamaly (1 km)
* Bamboo Corporation of Kerala (1 km)
* Thirumoozhikkulam Lakshmana Perumal Temple (9 km)
* Plantation corporation Ayyampuzha (22 km)
* Ezhattumugam Dam Prakrithi Gramam and Hanging Bridge (20 km)
* Athirapilly water falls (35 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. | 16328 | Guruvayur–Madurai Express | Daily | 07:12 |
| 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. | 16327 | Madurai–Guruvayur Express | Daily | 00:19 |
| 47. | 16791 | Thirunelveli -Palakkad Palaruvi Express | Daily | 09:17 |
| 48. | 16792 | Palakkad -Thirunelveli Palaruvi Express | Daily | 17:50 |