Washermanpet Vannarapettai | |||||
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 Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station | |||||
 Western end of Washermanpet railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Washermanpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°6′31″N 80°16′55″E / 13.10861°N 80.28194°E | ||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways | ||||
| Line(s) | West, West North and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Connections | Washermanpet metro station, MTC (Vallalar Nagar Mint bus terminus) | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | WST | ||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railways | ||||
| History | |||||
| Electrified | 9 August 1979[1] | ||||
| Previous names | South Indian Railway | ||||
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Washermanpet railway station is one of the railway stations in Chennai, India. It is one of the stations of the Chennai Beach–Gummidipoondi and Chennai Beach-Arakkonam sections of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Washermanpet, Korukkupet and Tondiarpet. It is situated at Washermanpet, with an elevation of 9 m above sea level. The station lies at the eastern end of the 'diamond' junction of Chennai's railway network, where all the lines of the Chennai Suburban Railway meet.