Chennai Park railway station
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Chennai Park
பூங்கா |
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| Station of Chennai Suburban Railway and Southern Railways | |
| File:Chennai Park railway station View1.jpg
Chennai Park railway station (a view towards east)
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| Location | NH 4, Periyamet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
| Line(s) | South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 4 |
| 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 |
Chennai Park railway station is one of the railway stations of 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]
See also
References
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| Park Town | |||
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| Next station east north/north: Chennai Fort |
South West Line, Chennai Suburban | Next station south/south west: Chennai Egmore |
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| Stop number: 3 | KM from start: 3.07 | ||
| Park Town | |||
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| Next station northbound: Chennai Fort |
South Line, Chennai Suburban | Next station southbound: Chennai Egmore |
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| Stop number: 3 | KM from start: 3.07 | ||
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