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Chetpet

Chettupattu
Chetpet; Chettupattu
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
	Chetpet railway station
General information
Location	McNichols Road, Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	13°4′27″N 80°14′35″E / 13.07417°N 80.24306°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	MSC
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	15 November 1931
Previous names	South Indian Railway
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Chetpet Railway Station, also spelt as Chetput Railway Station, is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Chetpet. It is situated adjacent to the Chetpet lake on the southern side, with an elevation of 9 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]

The station

Platforms

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

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1	FOB, Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Chennai Egmore
	FOB, Island platform \| P1 Doors will open on the left/right \| P2 Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Nungambakkam
	Platform 3	Towards → Chennai Egmore
	FOB, Island platform \| P3 and P4 \| (Express Line)
	Platform 4	Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction
P1

References

^ ^a ^b "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.

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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.

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 '''Chetpet Railway Station''', also spelt as '''Chetput Railway Station''', is one of the railway stations of the [[Chennai Beach]]–[[Chengalpattu]] section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. It serves the neighbourhood of [[Chetpet (Chennai)|Chetpet]]. It is situated adjacent to the [[Chetpet lake]] on the southern side, with an elevation of 9&nbsp;m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].
 ==History==
+[[File:TEN_Vande_Bharat_(20665)_passing_Chetpet_Station.png|alt=|left|thumb|[[Chennai Egmore–Tirunelveli Vande Bharat Express|TEN Vande Bharat (20665)]] passing through Chetpet Station]]
 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&nbsp;kV&nbsp;DC.<ref name="IRFCA_ElectricTraction1">{{cite web
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-| valign="top" width="390" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
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 | colspan="2" style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Foot overbridge|<small>FOB</small>]]<small>, [[Side platform]]<nowiki> | Doors will open on the left</nowiki></small>
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-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 1'''
+| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 1'''</span>
-| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Towards → [[Chennai Beach railway station|Chennai Beach]] <small>next station is [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]]</small>
+| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Towards → [[Chennai Beach railway station|Chennai Beach]]<br><small>'''Next Station:''' [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]]</small>
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 | colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Foot overbridge|<small>FOB</small>]]<small>, [[Island platform]]<nowiki> | </nowiki>'''P1'''<nowiki> Doors will open on the left/right | </nowiki>'''P2''' Doors will open on the right</small>
 |-
-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 2'''
+| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 5px gray;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 2'''</span>
-| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards ← [[Tambaram railway station|Tambaram]] / [[Chengalpattu Junction railway station|Chengalpattu Jn]] / [[Viluppuram Junction railway station|Villuppuram Jn]] <small>next station is [[Nungambakkam railway station|Nungambakkam]]</small>
+| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 5px gray;" |Towards ← [[Tambaram railway station|Tambaram]] / [[Chengalpattu Junction railway station|Chengalpattu Jn]] / [[Viluppuram Junction railway station|Villuppuram Jn]]<br><small>'''Next Station:''' [[Nungambakkam railway station|Nungambakkam]]</small>
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-| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''P1'''
+| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 3'''</span>
-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 3'''
 | style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards → [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]]
 |-
 | colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Foot overbridge|<small>FOB</small>]]<small>, [[Island platform]] '''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''' '''<nowiki>P3 and P4 | </nowiki>''(Express Line)'''''</small>
 |-
-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 4'''
+| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Suburban|South}}>'''Platform 4'''</span>
 | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards ← [[Chengalpattu Junction railway station|Chengalpattu Junction]]
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