Meenambakkam railway station

Meenambakkam
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Grand Southern Trunk Road, Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°59′26″N 80°11′17″E / 12.9906°N 80.1881°E / 12.9906; 80.1881
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
Status	Active
Station code	MN
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Pazhavanthangal towards Chennai Beach South Line Tirusulam towards Tambaram, Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map Legend Chennai Beach — Villupuram North Line West Line 0.00 Chennai Beach Blue Line High Court 1.80 Chennai Fort  MRTS  3.07 Chennai Central 3.07 Chennai Park 3.07 Parktown MRTS 4.32 Chennai Egmore Green Line 6.56 Chetput Cooum River 8.15 Nungambakkam 9.68 Kodambakkam 11.29 Mambalam 12.90 Saidapet Adyar River 15.01 GuindyBlue Line 17.12 St. Thomas Mount Green Line│ MRTS  18.75 Pazhavanthangal 20.04 Meenambakkam Blue Line 21.22 Tirusulam 23.15 Pallavaram 25.35 Chromepet 27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29.14 Tambaram 32.64 Perungalathur 34.44 Vandalur 37.50 Urapakkam 40.41 Guduvancheri 43.94 Potheri 45.85 Kattangulathur 46.96 Maraimalai Nagar 51.48 Singaperumal Koil 55.59 Paranur 59.84 Chengalpattu Junction to Arakkonam 63.00 Tirumani 68.37 Ottivakkam 73.08 Padalam 80.83 Karunguzhi 84.48 Maduranthakam 91.07 Pakkam 95.37 Melmaruvathur 98.21 Acharapakkam 104.27 Tozhuppedu 109.44 Karasangal 113.86 Olakur 118.59 Panchalam 125.48 Tindivanam 134.84 Mailam 143.44 Perani 149.92 Vikravandi 156.44 Mundiyampakkam to Katpadi 162.76 Viluppuram Junction
Location

Meenambakkam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Meenambakkam, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at Grand Trunk Road across Chennai International Airport Cargo Terminal, with an elevation of 18 m (59 ft) above sea level.^[1]

History[edit]

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.^[2] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[3]

The station[edit]

Platforms[edit]

There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

Station layout[edit]

See also[edit]

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Local Train timings from/to Meenambakkam

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