Chennai Park railway station

Chennai Park
Chennai Park
	Station of Chennai Suburban Railway and Southern Railways
	Chennai Park railway station (a view towards east)
Location	NH 4, Periyamet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	13°4′49″N 80°16′22″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MPK
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Traffic
Passengers	440,000/day (as per 2012)
Location
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Chennai Park railway station is one of the railway stations in Chennai, India, on the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Park Town, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at about 3 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated on Poonamallee High Road, across Chennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 7 m above sea level.

History

The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[2]

Traffic

As of 2012, the station handles about 440,000 passengers a day.[3]

Gallery

A suburban train to Chennai Beach arriving on Platform 1 at the station

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References

"Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
"IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
Ayyappan, V (17 May 2012). "Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

External links

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[IRFCA_ElectricTraction1-1] "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification-2] "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[3] Ayyappan, V (17 May 2012). "Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 15 November 2014.