Chennai Egmore railway station

Chennai Egmore


சென்னை எழும்பூர்
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Chennai Egmore
General information
Other namesMadras Egmore / Madras Elumbur
LocationGandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai
Coordinates13°04′41″N 80°15′42″E / 13.0780°N 80.2616°E / 13.0780; 80.2616
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)
  • 1.Chennai Egmore–Kacheguda line
  • 2. Chennai Egmore–Trichy chord line
  • 3.Chennai Egmore–Mumbai line (via Guntakal)
  • 4.Chennai Egmore–Guwahati line
  • 5.Chennai Egmore–Trichy main line(Via Kumbakonam)
  • 6.Chennai Egmore–Mangalore line (Via Trichy fort, Erode jn, Palakkad Jn, Kozhikode)
  • 7.Chennai Egmore–Kollam Jn line ( Via Madurai, Sengottai ,Punalur)
  • 8.Chennai Egmore–Thiruvananthapuram line ( Via Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli
  • 9.Chennai Egmore-Tuticorin line ( Via Trichy, Tirunelveli ),
  • 10.Chennai Egmore - Tiruchendur line ( Via Kumbakonam,Tirunelveli ),
  • 11.Chennai Egmore - Rameshwaram line (Via Kumbakonam ,Karaikudi),
  • 12.Chennai Egmore - Sengottai line ( Via Tiruvarur ,Karaikudi, Tenkasi),
  • 13.Chennai Egmore - Rameswaram line (Via Trichy, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi)
  • 14.Chennai Egmore - Mannargudi line ( Via Tiruvarur ,Needamangalam)
  • 15.Chennai Egmore - Karaikal line( Via Villupuram,Nagapattinam)
Platforms11
Tracks12
Connections
  • Taxi stand
  • Metro rail station
  • Auto rickshaw stand
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeMS
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Chennai
History
Opened1905; 119 years ago (1905)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesSouth Indian Railway
Passengers
3,00,000 per day
Services
65 Express trains/day
600 suburban trains/day
95 DEMU services/day
Location
Chennai Egmore is located in Chennai
Chennai Egmore
Chennai Egmore
Location in Chennai
Chennai Egmore is located in Tamil Nadu
Chennai Egmore
Chennai Egmore
Location in Tamil Nadu
Chennai Egmore is located in India
Chennai Egmore
Chennai Egmore
Location in India

Chennai Egmore (formerly: Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur)(station code: MS[1]), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[2] Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in the city; the other three are Chennai Central railway station, Tambaram railway station and Chennai Beach railway station. The station was built in 1906–1908 as the terminus of the South Indian Railway Company. The building built in Indo Saracenic style is one of the prominent landmarks of Chennai. The main entrance to the station is situated on Gandhi-Irwin Road and the rear entrance on Poonamallee High Road.

The station was apparently constructed from 8679 on land purchased from Pulney Andy, a noted scientist and medical doctor.[3] The building is built in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture with imposing domes and corridors. It has the 5th longest platform in the country and the 6th longest in the world. The station is one of the prominent landmarks of the city of Chennai. The recently opened[when?] northern entrance to this railway station is on the arterial Poonamallee High Road in Chennai city.

  1. ^ "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. ^ Muthiah, S. (27 October 2012) [19 September 2010]. "Whither this National Library?". Madras Miscellany (column). The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2019.