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Top speed. 100 km/h (62 mph) Chennai Suburban Railway Network. The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third largest in terms of commuters in India.
Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central) (station code: MAS [5]), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [6] It is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
The first railway station to be built in Madras was the Royapuram station constructed in 1855 though the city had a railway line that dates back to the 1840s. Fundamentally, Chennai has 4 suburban railway lines, [2] namely North line, West line, South line and MRTS line. The South West line, West North line and West South line are merely minor ...
The Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, commonly referred to as Chennai MRTS, is a metropolitan rail transit system in Chennai, India. It is operated by Southern Railway of the state-owned Indian Railways. Opened in 1995, it was the first elevated railway line in India. The railway line runs from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance ...
As of 2022, the metro operates trains from 5 AM to 11 PM with an average frequency of one train every 12 minutes in peak hours and every 18 minutes in lean hours in the green line. [37] [38] The main operational control center (OCC) is located in Koyambedu where the movement of trains and real-time CCTV footage obtained is monitored. [39]
List of Chennai Metro stations. Chennai Metro Phase 1 network map. The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai and its suburbs. Phase I of the project consisted of two corridors covering a length of 54.15 kilometres (33.65 mi). [1] The elevated section of the project began operations in June 2015, with the entire ...
The 22651/22652 MGR Chennai Central - Palakkad Superfast Express is a daily express train between MGR Chennai Central (MAS) and Palakkad Junction railway station (PGT) by Southern Railways via Palani. This is the only train that connects Palani, Udumalaipettai & Pollachi with the state capital Chennai. The train covers a distance of 672 km (418 ...
The 12621/12622 Tamil Nadu Express is a daily Superfast train of the Indian Railways. It is the fastest non-AC train between New Delhi and Chennai covering the distance in 32 hours. It only stops at Agra, Gwalior, Jhansi, Bhopal, Itarsi, Nagpur, Balharshah, Warangal, Khammam (since 09.10.2023) and Vijayawada. It has the non-stop continuous run ...