Basin Bridge Junction railway station
Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India
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Basin Bridge Junction is a railway station in Chennai, India. It comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[3] It is the first station on the lines originating from Chennai Central, and as Central is a terminal station, the various lines branch out from the nearby Basin Bridge station.[4] It is located at Pulianthope near the confluence on the Otteri Nullah and Buckingham Canal.
Basin Bridge Junction | |||||
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View of Basin Bridge railway junction | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Pulianthope, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||
| Coordinates | 13.10230°N 80.27143°E | ||||
| System | |||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||
| Lines | |||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BBQ | ||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railways | ||||
| History | |||||
| Electrified | 13 April 1979[1] | ||||
| Previous names | South Indian Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2013 | 10,000/day [2] | ||||
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A coach maintenance depot and train care centre is located close to the station. It is the largest train care centre under the Southern Railway, and is equipped with 14 pit lines including two lines to accommodate 24-coach trains, and the rest designed to park 18-coach trains.[5][6][7] It also has a trip shed for housing electric locomotives, located to the north of the train care centre.[8]
The station is covered by an Integrated Security Surveillance System project implemented in 2012.[9]
