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Transport
NH 47 connects Kochi with Trivandrum and Coimbatore.
The Cochin International Airport is one of the busiest airports in India
Kochi seen from wellington island.
Public transport in the city is largely dependent on private buses.
Taxis and auto rickshaws (called autos) are available for hire
throughout the day. Narrow roads and the mix of vastly differing types
of vehicles have made traffic congestion a problem in the city. A metro
rapid transit service, intended to considerably ease congestion, is
currently awaiting sanction of Union govt.[46]
Because it is one of the safest harbours in the Indian Ocean, Kochi
ranks among India's major seaports.[47] The port, administered by a
statutory autonomous body known as the Cochin Port Trust, offers
facilities for bunkering, handling cargo and passenger ships and storage
accommodation. It also operates passenger ships to Colombo and
Lakshadweep. Boat services operated by Kerala Shipping and Inland
Navigation Corporation, the State Water Transport Department, and of
private ownership are available from various boat jetties in the city.
The junkar ferry for the transshipment of vehicles and passengers
between the islands are operated between Ernakulam and Vypin, and
between Vypin and Fort Kochi. However, with the construction of the
Goshree bridges (which links Kochi's islands), ferry transport has
become less essential.
The Cochin International Airport, which is about 25 kilometres (15 mi)
north of the city, handles both domestic and international flights. It
is the largest airport of Kerala, and one of the busiest in India. It is
the first international airport in India to be built without Central
Government funds.[48] An airport run by the Navy also operates in the
city. A third airport, for use by the Indian Coast Guard, is under
construction in the suburbs.
There is no intra-city rail transport system in Kochi. The inter-city
rail transport system in the city is administered by the Southern
Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. There are two main railway
stations—the Ernakulam Junction and the Ernakulam Town (locally known as
the 'South' and 'North' railway stations respectively). The railway line
connecting these two stations cuts the city longitudinally in two, with
two narrow bridges connecting the two halves.
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