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List of railway stations in Chennai (Names in bold indicate that the station is also a regional hub) # Image Station Name Railway Station Code District Connections English Tamil; 1: Chennai Beach: சென்னை கடற்கரை: MSB: Chennai: North line West line South Line MRTS Line: 2: Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran ...
The Chennai Beach station, one of the termini, is a hub for several suburban trains. Along with the Chennai Fort station, it offers connectivity to the commercial area of Broadway. [65] [66] The Park Town station is located near the Chennai Central station, which is a hub for other suburban lines and for long-distance express trains. [67] [68]
From any of these source terminal stations to Chennai Central UP: 91 services. Of this only four are fast trains. Chennai Beach via WST-Vysarpadi DOWN:24 services of which only one is a fast local. In return to Chennai Beach UP: 25 services of which two are fast. Total for WEST Line = 229 services (towards suburbs = 151; towards MAS/MSB = 116)
Trains are scheduled to transit between Gummidipoondi and Chennai Central in 80 minutes, but trains they usually take 120 minutes to cover the 46 kilometres (29 mi). It is common for trains to wait for clearance at signals between Ennore-Chennai Central. [3] All the trains are always late by 20 to 30 minutes.
The first EMU starts from Chennai Beach at 3:55 and the last train at 23:59. Most of the trains in this section end at Tambaram station. The peak hour headway is 7 minutes and the headway at the first and last hours of operation is 20 minutes. Tambaram–Chennai Beach; The first EMU starts from Tambaram at 4:00 and the last train at 23.55. Peak ...
Chennai Beach (formerly known as Madras Beach) (station code: MSB) is a railway terminus of the Southern Railway network in Parry's Corner, Chennai, India. Built on reclaimed land, the station serves the suburban services of the Chennai Suburban Railway and Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai) and a few passenger trains.
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 ...
The West line of Chennai Suburban Railway is the second longest line running west from MGR Chennai Central (Madras Central) to Jolarpettai covering a distance of 213 km. Suburban services terminate at Arakkonam and MEMU services run to Jolarpettai. As of 2009, around 400,000 commuters travel every day on the 171 suburban services operated in ...