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Chennai Central is a terminal station with bay platforms. The average length of railway tracks in the station is 600 metres. [30] The entire complex has 17 platforms to handle long-distance trains with 5 platforms exclusively for suburban trains. The total length of the station is about 950 m.
Tambaram Railway Station (station code: TBM [4]) is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [5] It is also one of the railway terminals of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, situated at a distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the centre of Tambaram and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Chennai Beach ...
It has over 40 railway stations which are part of an extensive suburban railway network [1] The city is served by three railway terminals – the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station and the Chennai Egmore railway station and the Tambaram railway station.
Number of lines: 8 routes, all with 4 tracks: Line number North Line West Line South Line West-North Line West-South Line South-West Line Chennai MRTS Circular Line Number of stations: 300+ Daily ridership: 2.5 million: Annual ridership: 912.57 million/year (2018–2019) [1] Headquarters: Southern Railway Headquarters, Chennai: Website
The railway line runs from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 19.34 km (12.02 mi) with 18 stations and is integrated with the wider Chennai suburban railway network. While the suburban railway has been operational in Chennai since 1931, the Planning Commission of Government of India formed a research group to recommend ...
The 22611 / 22612 MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri SuperFast Express is a superfast express of Southern Railway connecting Indian cities Chennai the capital of Tamil Nadu and Siliguri the largest metropolis of North Bengal. This is the first direct train service originating from MGR Chennai Central and terminating at New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri).
The Chennai Corporation has plans to develop a park over the Chennai Central Metro. Chennai Metro Rail Limited has agreed to a proposal by the Chennai Corporation of extending the Ripon Buildings Park over the Chennai Central underground metro station. Waterproof structures will be created over the station to facilitate the creation of the park.
Chennai's first suburban electric train service was inaugurated between Chennai Beach and Tambaram on 2 April 1931. [19] The Chennai suburban railway system currently has 6 lines with a total system length of about 1,211.81 km (753 mi) (non-redundant track length) of which 509.71 km (317 mi) are true suburban and 702.1 km (436 mi) MEMU service].