 The station has book-shops, restaurants, accommodation and Internet browsing centers.A second satellite station was opened in 2005 at Kochuveli called the Kochuveli Railway Station, near the International Airport.Thiruvananthapuram is the first major city from south along the longest train routes in India, the Kanyakumari-Thiruvananthapuram -Dibrugarh Vivek Express route and the Kanyakumari-Thiruvananthapuram-Jammu Tawi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express route.