Chennai Egmore railway station

Chennai Egmore சென்னை எழும்பூர்
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Chennai Egmore
General information
Other names	Madras Egmore / Madras Elumbur
Location	Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai
Coordinates	13°04′41″N 80°15′42″E / 13.0780°N 80.2616°E / 13.0780; 80.2616
Owned by	Ministry 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)
Platforms	11
Tracks	12
Connections	Taxi stand Metro rail station Auto rickshaw stand Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Accessible
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	MS
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Chennai
History
Opened	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Passengers
3,00,000 per day
Services
65 Express trains/day 600 suburban trains/day 95 DEMU services/day
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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.