Chennai Fort railway station

Chennai Fort


Chennai Kottai
Indian Railways, Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS station
Chennai Fort station at dawn
General information
LocationFort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600003
Coordinates13°04′59″N 80°16′57″E / 13.08319°N 80.28259°E / 13.08319; 80.28259
Owned bySouthern Railways
Platforms5 (2 platforms for MRTS)
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeAt Grade
Platform levels1
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeMSF
History
Opened1931 (Suburban line)
1 November 1995 (MRTS line)
ElectrifiedSingle phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
22,000/day[1]
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station
Chennai Beach
Terminus
Line 1 Chennai Park Town
towards Velachery
Line 1
(Future Service)
Chennai Park Town
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station
Chennai Beach
Terminus
South Line Chennai Park
Location
Map

Chennai Fort (formerly known as Madras Fort) (station code: MSF) is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line from Chennai Beach to Velachery.[2]

  1. ^ Xavier Lopez, Aloysius (6 March 2015). "Connect seamlessly across crowded places soon". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.