Chetput railway station explained

Chetpet
Native Name:
Chettupattu
Type: Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:McNichols Road, Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:13.0742°N 80.2431°W
Line:South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Structure:Standard on-ground station
Tracks:4
Parking:Available
Status:Active
Electrified:15 November 1931
Code:MSC
Owned:Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Zone:Southern Railways
Former:South Indian Railway
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
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Map State:collapsed

Chetpet Railway Station, also spelt as Chetput Railway Station, is one of the railway stations of the Chennai BeachChengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Chetpet. It is situated adjacent to the Chetpet lake on the southern side, with an elevation of 9 m above sea level.

History

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 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]

The station

Platforms

There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left
Platform 1Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Chennai Egmore
FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 2| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn next station is Nungambakkam|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 3| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards → Chennai Egmore|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Line)
Platform 4Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction
P1

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electric Traction - I . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.
  2. Web site: IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 . History of Electrification . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.