Chennai Fort railway station

Chennai Fort கோட்டை
Chennai MRTS & Chennai suburban railway station
Chennai Fort station at dawn
Coordinates
Owned by	Southern Railways
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Available
History
Opened	1931 (Suburban line) 1 November 1995 (MRTS line)
Traffic
Passengers	22,000/day
Services
Preceding station   Chennai MRTS   Following station Chennai Beach Terminus Chennai Beach-St.Thomas Mount Chennai Park Town toward St. Thomas Mount Preceding station   Chennai Suburban Railway   Following station Template:Chennai Suburban Railway stations toward Template:Chennai Suburban Railway stations Template:Chennai Suburban Railway lines Template:Chennai Suburban Railway stations toward Template:Chennai Suburban Railway stations

Eastern view of the MRTS platform at the station

A view of the MRTS platform and the footbridge at the Fort railway station

EVR Periyar Salai, an arterial road, begins near Fort station

Chennai Fort (formerly known as Madras Fort) is a station on the Chennai suburban railway and Chennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line from Chennai Beach to Velachery. The station is named after Fort St. George, which it serves. Madras Dental College is located opposite the station, adjoining Madras Medical College Men's Hotel and Nursing College. The Madras Medical College is a few hundred metres away. The station consists of 260 sq m of open parking area.

Tracks heading towards Chennai Beach as seen from the footbridge at Fort station. The 3 tracks on the left are usually used by [Beach-Tambaram/Chengalpet/Tirumalpur] suburban trains and Express trains. The 2 tracks on the right are usually used by MRTS trains that ply between Chennai Beach and Velachery.

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai