The station used to serve as an easy way to access the Willingdon island which is difficult to reach especially for those outside the city due to limited public road transport system.

[6] Tea, coffee, coir, cotton and other export consignments came here by wagonloads from the harbour, to be loaded to distant destinations across the world.

[8] An important landmark in the history of the Cochin harbour terminus was when the first diesel train was flagged of by the then railway minister in 1961, when many other parts of India still ran on steam.

With the opening of Cochin harbour station many other trains like the Jayanthi Janatha, Netravathi, Dadar, Rajkot, Patna, Bilaspur Expresses commenced operations.

In 1996 the Railways charted out the electrification route and decided to make Cochin harbour terminus the focal point.

But the Navy and the Civil Aviation Department objected due to the risks involved for the incoming and ongoing flights at the Cochin Airport.

In 2018, a DEMU service to Ernakulam Junction (ERS) was announced to start from 26 September 2018 for one month on experimental basis.

Mikhael, Irupathiyonnam Nootandu,and Brother's day are a few examples of movies shot at Cochin Harbour Terminus.

[15] In December 2019, the ultra luxury train Deccan Odyssey arrived at Cochin Harbour Terminus during its Kerala Itinerary.

The workforce in Kochi consists of thousands of people who travel daily from the neighboring suburbs and even nearby districts of Thrissur, Kottayam and Alappuzha.

The vast space owned by the Railways available at this station could be used to construct additional platforms, pit-lanes and a maintenance shed.

The existing railway infrastructure in Kochi and outlying suburbs requires only a small upgrade to accommodate suburban services.

These include streamlining the ticketing process (like smart cards for daily commuters) for smoother flow of passengers, upgrading passenger facilities at stations (constructing foot overbridges and waiting halls) and installing automatic signalling systems for better management of train traffic.

MEMU rakes can be used for long-haul local services to neighbouring districts of Thrissur, Alappuzha and Kottayam.

Once the passenger services from Cochin Harbour Terminus is revived after the completion of the new Venduruthy bridge, it would serve as the third railway station in Kochi city.

Two pairs of new Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) services from Kochi were announced in Railway budget 2009-'10 and 2010-'11.

The Indian Railways plan to replace them with Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) services in future.

The main reason is the lack of electrification in the Ernakulam Junction-Cochin Harbour Terminus section due to height restrictions imposed by the navy.

Spread over a total area of 4.20 acres, the terminal has modern facilities to offer a wide range of logistics service to the customers.