Multiple Transportation Channels Of Kochi A Major Advantage
The city of Kochi is a growing metro with well defined districts and clearly delineated localities that choose to serve the different sections of residents and the industry. Where the busy junction of Edapally helps by providing connectivity to all the major parts of the city, Aluva allows the trade and industry to flourish within its limits. Kakkanad is the hub of all the IT industry in the city and Ernakulam is the place where the corporate reside. With all different kinds of people coming to the city every year as tourists and visitors, it is important for the city to have proper transportation channels.
Need of Different Modes
Where the roads lead, man will follow; People generally do not have much time to find new paths for them to carry on and it is also hard to imagine someone making roads right beside the existing ones just for the sake of it. So the people are already benefiting from the existing ways of travel in different mediums such as road, rail, air and water. There are established routes and roads available in the city. When they are utilized properly, they generate a symphony of development with unmitigated possibilities. Apart from people they are also used to transport commodities and other items, as well.
Major roadways
The NH47 connects Kochi to the city of Salem, a major industrial area in Tamil Nadu, through Coimbatore, another major industrial hub of Southern India. The NH17, erstwhile NH66, brings Panvel, Mumbai closer to the city and it passes through the major junctions like Edapally and Vytilla. The state highways connect the city to the other major cities of the state like Kottayam and make travel easier to the different parts of the state such as the eastern hilly areas and the coastal areas of the west too.
Commonly used are the public transport buses as it is well organized and very convenient means of travel in the state. There are different types of buses employed by the state for the various distances of the routes and also Volvo buses, both air conditioned and otherwise, for convenience. The private bus system is also very well spread out, and the major bus terminals are at Ernakulam South, Ernakulam Jetty, Kaloor private bus stand and the Vytilla Mobility Hub. Taxis are generally used for long distance travel and the main mode of local transport is the auto rickshaws.
Railways, Airways and waterways
There are three railway stations within the city limits, Edapally, Ernakulam Junction and Ernakulam Town which connect it to the different parts of the city as well as the country. The airport closest to the city is the Cochin International Airport, which is the major point of taking off to the distant corners of the country and the world. Apart from them the maritime transportation services in Kerala are based from the Cochin Shipyard and the boat jetty. The former is used in the marine transportation system and the latter for inland travel. All these factors have contributed largely to the popularity of the area among the real estate developers.
Need of Different Modes
Where the roads lead, man will follow; People generally do not have much time to find new paths for them to carry on and it is also hard to imagine someone making roads right beside the existing ones just for the sake of it. So the people are already benefiting from the existing ways of travel in different mediums such as road, rail, air and water. There are established routes and roads available in the city. When they are utilized properly, they generate a symphony of development with unmitigated possibilities. Apart from people they are also used to transport commodities and other items, as well.
Major roadways
The NH47 connects Kochi to the city of Salem, a major industrial area in Tamil Nadu, through Coimbatore, another major industrial hub of Southern India. The NH17, erstwhile NH66, brings Panvel, Mumbai closer to the city and it passes through the major junctions like Edapally and Vytilla. The state highways connect the city to the other major cities of the state like Kottayam and make travel easier to the different parts of the state such as the eastern hilly areas and the coastal areas of the west too.
Commonly used are the public transport buses as it is well organized and very convenient means of travel in the state. There are different types of buses employed by the state for the various distances of the routes and also Volvo buses, both air conditioned and otherwise, for convenience. The private bus system is also very well spread out, and the major bus terminals are at Ernakulam South, Ernakulam Jetty, Kaloor private bus stand and the Vytilla Mobility Hub. Taxis are generally used for long distance travel and the main mode of local transport is the auto rickshaws.
Railways, Airways and waterways
There are three railway stations within the city limits, Edapally, Ernakulam Junction and Ernakulam Town which connect it to the different parts of the city as well as the country. The airport closest to the city is the Cochin International Airport, which is the major point of taking off to the distant corners of the country and the world. Apart from them the maritime transportation services in Kerala are based from the Cochin Shipyard and the boat jetty. The former is used in the marine transportation system and the latter for inland travel. All these factors have contributed largely to the popularity of the area among the real estate developers.
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