Chetput railway station
Chetpet Chettupattu | |||||||||||
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 Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
 Chetpet railway station | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||||||
| Station code | MSC | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railways | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Electrified | 15 November 1931[1] | ||||||||||
| 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 is Chennai Egmore | |
| FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 | Towards ← Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn next station is Nungambakkam | |
| P1 | Platform 3 | Towards → Chennai Egmore (Express Line) |
| FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 4 | Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction (Express Line) | |
| P1 | ||
See also
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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