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Overview | ||||||
Status | Operational | |||||
Locale | Chennai (Madras), India | |||||
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Stations | 30 | |||||
Service | ||||||
Type | Suburban railway | |||||
System | Chennai Suburban Railway | |||||
Operator(s) | Southern Railway (India) | |||||
Daily ridership | 120,000 | |||||
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Line length | 210 kilometres (130 mi) (82 km Suburban and 128 km MEMU) | |||||
Track gauge | Broad Gauge | |||||
Operating speed | 90 km/h (maximum service speed) | |||||
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The North Line of the Chennai Suburban Railway is the third-longest suburban rail line in the system, running north from Chennai Central MMC to Bitragunta in Andhra Pradesh. Suburban services terminate at Sullurpeta and MEMU services operate to Bitragunta. As of 2013, more than 100,000 people use trains on the 46-km line between Chennai Central and Gummidipoondi every day, up from less than 80,000 in 2010.[1] By 2017, this has increased to 120,000 people per day.[2]
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