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Guindy railway station

Guindy railway station

Railway station in Chennai, India

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.

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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

References

  1. [1]
    "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.


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