Ernakulam District - Transport

Transport

Ernakulam district is blessed with all types of transport. It has the most number of Regional Transport Offices in the state. There are 9 Regional Transport Offices.

• Ernakulam - KL 07
• Muvattupuzha - KL 17
• Thripunithura - KL 39
• Perumbavoor - KL 40
• Aluva - KL 41
• North Paravur - KL 42
• Mattanchery - KL 43
• Kothamangalam - KL 44
• Angamaly - KL 63

Also the district has got the maximum number of vehicles in the state.

Ernakulam district has excellent road connectivity. The 3 major national highways passing through Ernakulam District are the Cochin-Mumbai Highway (NH 17), Salem-Kanyakumari (NH 47 part of NSEW corridor) and Cochin-Dhanushkodi highway (NH 49).

The North South Corridor highway system starting from Edapally in Cochin on NH47 and connects the cities Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem and finally to Chennai and rest of the country towards north and Alapuzha, Kollam, Trivandrum, Nagercoil and Kanyakumari towards south. The National Highway 17 also starting from Edapally and connects the cities Guruvayur, Calicut, Kannur, Kasaragod, Mangalore, Mormugao and Mumbai. The National Highway 49, also known as Madurai Highway starts from Kundannur near Cochin and passes through Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam, Munnar, Theni, Madurai and finally terminates at Dhanushkodi. The district also has the two small national highways namely NH 47A for Cochin Port connectivity (Smallest Indian National Highway) starting from Kundannur and NH 47C as part of the International Container Transshipment Terminall connectivity starting from Kalamassery.

The district is also well connected by state highways and other roads. Important state highway SH 1 also known as Main Central Road(MC Road) starts from Angamaly, a suburb of Kochi city which connects to the state capital Trivandrum via Perumbavoor, Muvattupuzha, Koothattukulam.

Other Major state highways

• Seaport - Airport road via Kakkanad

• Palarivattom - Moovattupuzha - Punalur SH:- Connects Kakkanad, Pallikkara, Kizhakkambalam, Pattimattom, Moovattupuzha, Vazhakulam, Thodupuzha, Pathanamthitta

• North Paravur - Aluva - Munnar SH:- Connects Alengad, Perumbavoor, Kothamangalam, Thattekkad

• Marine Drive- Azhicode SH:- Connects Vallarpadam, Vypin, Njarackal, Cherai, Munambam

• Thrippunithura - Koothattukulam - Sabarimalai:-Connects Mulamthuruthy, Piravom, Pala, Kumily

• Vytilla- Kottayam road:- Connects via Thripoonithura, Nadakkavu, Poothotta, Vaikkom, Kumarakom

• Fort Kochi - Alappuzha road

• Angamaly - Athirappilly road via Mookkanur

• Perumbavoor - Puthencruz road