Chennai Park railway station
Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India
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Chennai Park railway station (or just Park station) is one of the railway stations in Chennai, India, on 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.
Indian Railways, Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS stationChennai Park Poonga | |||||
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Chennai Park railway station (a view towards east) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Other names | Chennai Park | ||||
| Location | NH 4, Periyamet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°4′49″N 80°16′22″E | ||||
| System | Indian Railways, Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS station | ||||
| Owner | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||
| Lines | South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | MPK | ||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railways | ||||
| History | |||||
| Former names | South Indian Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 440,000/day (as per 2012) | |||||
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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]
Projects and development
It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[4]
