Cochin Harbour Terminus Rly Station (Kochi)

This Railway Station is now abandoned.The first passenger train that puffed out of this station, somewhere in the forties, was the Cochin-Shoranur passenger that had two trips - in the morning and evening. And a striking fact is that it was the last train operated from this terminus with the same timing and schedule for the last 60 years. But it was the introduction of the Madras-Cochin Express (now Chennai-Alleppey Express) in 1944 that also had through coaches to Bangalore and Bombay that elevated the status of this station. Being the British Raj era, these trains had separate coaches for privileged goods and travellers. Around the same time another ride, which added a lot of charm and romance, the Ooty-Cochin Tea Garden Express (now Tiruchirapally-Ernakulam Express) set off from this terminus. Many Kochiites hold warm memories of this scenic and picturesque journey that was broad gauge from Cochin to Mettupalayam and metre gauge from Mettupalayam to Ooty. Later the Island Express (now Kanyakumari-