Guindy railway station
Railway station in Chennai, India
Guindy
Location in Chennai
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Guindy
Location in Tamil Nadu
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Guindy
Location in India
Show map of IndiaGuindy railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Guindy, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at about 14 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated at NH 45 in Anna Salai, with an elevation of 12 m above sea level.
History
With the completion of track-lying work of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and the tracks were 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]
Performance and earnings
As of 2023, the station had a footfall of 60,000 passengers a day.[3]
Projects and development
The task of upgrading of the station was taken up in 2023 under Indian Railway's "Amruth Bharath" scheme at a cost of ₹ 135 million.[3][4]
See also
India portal
- Chennai Suburban Railway
- Railway stations in Chennai
References
- ^ "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ a b Ayyappan, V. (2 December 2023). "Chennai's Guindy and St Thomas Mount railway stations to get new look, better facilities". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
External links
- Guindy railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com
- Local Train timings from/to Guindy
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Stations of South West Line of Chennai Suburban Railway
- Chennai Beach
- Chennai Fort
- Chennai Park
- Chennai Egmore
- Chetput
- Nungambakkam
- Kodambakkam
- Mambalam
- Saidapet
- Guindy
- St. Thomas Mount
- Pazhavanthangal
- Meenambakkam
- Tirusulam
- Pallavaram
- Chromepet
- Tambaram Sanatorium
- Tambaram
- Perungalathur
- Vandalur
- Urapakkam
- Guduvancheri
- Potheri
- Kattankulathur
- Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar
- Singaperumal Koil
- Paranur
- Chengalpattu
- Reddypalayam
- Villiambakkam
- Palur
- Palayasivaram
- Walajabad
- Nathapettai
- Kanchipuram
- Tirumalpur
- Thakkolam
- Arakkonam
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