Road Ernakulam is a city that is connected to the
North-South Corridor National Highway System via the four-laned
National Highway 66 as well as
National Highway 544.The
MC Road starting from Thiruvananthapuram ends in
Angamaly. The highway traverses through the entire length and breadth of the city from different points and provides access to the nearby cities such as
Thrissur,
Palakkad,
Salem and
Coimbatore.
NH 66 was supposed to be acting as the bypass for Kochi city, but the fast-paced urban expansion of Kochi has meant that the bypass quickly became a city road passing through the middle of it, thereby forcing the NHAI to propose a new bypass for the city. The state-owned
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) runs inter-state, inter-district and city services, mostly from the Ernakulam KSRTC bus stand which is the busiest bus stand in Kochi after the
Vytilla Mobility Hub. The
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation also operates two other bus stations in Ernakulam region of Kochi city, called as Ernakulam Jetty and Thevara Depot.
Railway The
Ernakulam Junction railway station is located close to the city's main shopping area situated on Ernakulam MG Road, and is connected by metro. The
Southern Railway Zone of the
Indian Railways operates the main rail transport system in Ernakulam. The Ernakulam Junction Railway Station is a junction and departing station of passengers and express trains, and is the stopping point for trains going towards the south side
Alappuzha. Both the North and South railway stations have been selected by the Ministry of Railways to be upgraded to airport-like ones. The redevelopment of the Ernakulam Junction railway station has recently gotten underway.
Air The
Cochin International Airport is situated about 27 kilometers away from Ernakulam. The old civilian airport of Kochi was situated much closer to Ernakulam, at
Willingdon Island. It is now formally known as
INS Garuda, and is a part of the
Southern Naval Command headquarters.
Metro Ernakulam region is connected with the other parts of Kochi city with the
Kochi Metro, which was opened in July 2017. The first phase is being set up at an estimated cost of , and has a length of over 28 kilometres stretching from
Aluva in the north to
Tripunithura railway station in the southeast, passing through Ernakulam. Currently 25.6 km of phase 1 from Aluva to
Pettah is open to public while the remaining 2.7 km from Pettah to
Tripunithura is under construction.
Water Ernakulam has a number of jetties where passengers can embark and disembark from ferries. Ferry services connect with Willingdon Island,
Mattancherry, Fort Kochi and Mulavukadu, at intervals of 20 minutes.
Kochi Water Metro is an integrated water metro system serving the
Greater Kochi region. SWTD (Govt. of Kerala Department) offers cheap ferry service on the following routes: ==Media==