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Guindy 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. The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.
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
=Performance and earnings
As of 2023, the station had a footfall of 60,000 passengers a day.
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.
See also
Chennai Suburban Railway
Railway stations in Chennai
References
External links
Guindy railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com
Local Train timings from/to Guindy
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Guindy railway station
- Guindy
- Guindy National Park
- Guindy metro station
- Ramapuram, Chennai
- Guindy (disambiguation)
- Chennai Central railway station
- Anna Salai
- Sardar Patel Road, Chennai
- Manapakkam
