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<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA "History of Indian Railways, part 3, 1938"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Harbour_Terminus_railway_station Wikipedia "Cochin Harbour Terminus railway station"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
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The new broad gauge line would pass through Ernakulam into Willingdon Island. Many different routes were studied and new stations were planned, and built along the way. These were Ernakulam Town, Ernakulam Jn, Perumanur (non-existent), Mattanchery Halt and finally, Cochin Harbour Terminus. More than the passenger traffic, freight traffic was anticipated .
The huge Venduruthy Bridge had to be built to connect Willingdon Island with the mainland. The road bridge across Vembanad Lake was sanctioned and the engineers submitted their plan for a rail bridge alongside the road bridge and it was approved in 1936. Construction work started almost immediately and was completed in 1938.
== References External Links==<references *[http:/>/www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html "History of Indian Railways, part 3, 1938"] IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Harbour_Terminus_railway_station "Cochin Harbour Terminus railway station"] Wikipedia
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