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Chennai Suburban Railway is the commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, operated by the Southern Railways. The system operates four lines with a track length of 1,174.21 km (729.62 mi), of which 509.71 km (316.72 mi) are dedicated dual tracks for EMUs.
Southern Railway headquarters administrative building, Chennai, is an Indo-Saracenic structure located adjacent to the Chennai Central on Poonamallee High Road. History [ edit ]
Chennai railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [2] Chennai Division was formed on 31 August 1956 . Currently, it has a route length of over 697.93 km and track length of 1934.68 km. [ 3 ] Its administrative headquarters is in Chennai , which also happens to be ...
Nilgiri Mountain Railway working under Southern Railway zone, Chennai and also it is UNESCO World Heritage site. 1845 Madras Railway Company was launched. 1853 Madras Railway Company, registered in Chennai began work. 1856 First passenger rail service began in Royapuram - Walajapet (Walaja Road) route. Perambur loco workshop set up in Vaughan.
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.
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 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.
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.