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First of all understand that Ernakulam Junction (South)is the busiest railway station in Kerala by means of volume of traffic of passengers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivekkochi (talk • contribs) 07:26, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move: From Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station to Trivadrum Central

It has been proposed in this section that Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station be renamed and moved to Trivandrum Central.

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Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station → Trivandrum Central — The name of the article was Trivandrum Central, which was the correct name of the railway station, until it was moved to Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station recently: [1]

The accurate name of the railway station is Trivandrum Central as per the official sites of the Indian railways.
1. http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/59
2. http://southernrailway.gov.in/sr/stn_code.jsp
3. http:/upwiki/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Railway_network_schematic_map_2009.png

Even in the picture of the railway station one can spot out the the name is written as Trivandrum Central : http:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Tvmcentral.jpg

Please move this page back to Trivandrum Central to reflect the accurate name of the station.
Cheers, -- Rajith Mohan ^{(Talk to me..)} 10:06, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. I agree with dropping the "railway station" part. But am not that sure about the Thiruvananthapuram<->Trivandrum part. While Indian Railways still goes by the old station codes (MAS for chennai, TVM for Trivandrum) it does take into account the name change of cities. For example the station code remains MAS but the name has been changed to Chennai Central. So it should either "Thiruvananthapuram Central" or "Trivandrum Central". --Sodabottle (talk) 15:27, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the case of Trivandrum Central, railway has not changed the station name. The official sites of indian railways reflects that. In case of Chennai, they have changed the station name to Chennai Central and retained the old code MAS. But in case of Thiruvananthapuram, the station name and code is not changed. You can verify that in the links I provided above. Cheers, -- Rajith Mohan ^{(Talk to me..)} 06:30, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I notice that most railway station articles do have 'Station' appended to the name (King's Cross Station for example) though the use of 'Railway' is rare. Are you aware of articles on railway stations where the station qualifier is not included? Just wondering about consistency.--RegentsPark (talk) 16:36, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the Indian railway station names do not carry the word "station". Hence the articles about such stations are created to reflect the accurate name. Eg; Mumbai Central, Chennai Central. Cheers, -- Rajith Mohan ^{(Talk to me..)} 06:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(Note: Notified WT:Noticeboard for India-related topics and WT:WikiProject Trains. --RegentsPark (talk) 16:40, 21 May 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Support : The station obviously does not use "Thiruvanthapuram" ; it uses "Trivandrum"; the official name change do not reflect here; its much like Bomaby Stock exchange or IIT Madras. Since we have articles like "Chennai Central" i would recommend dropping station part as well. therefore, "Trivandrum Central" IMO. Arjun^codename024 17:22, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]