Chetput railway station
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Chetput | |
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Station of Chennai Suburban Railway and Southern Railways | |
General information | |
Location | McNichols Road, Chetput, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates | 13°4′27″N 80°14′35″E / 13.07417°N 80.24306°E / 13.07417; 80.24306 |
Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
Line(s) | South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway |
Tracks | 4 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard on-ground station |
Parking | Available |
Other information | |
Station code | MSC |
Fare zone | Southern Railways |
History | |
Electrified | 15 November 1931[1] |
Previous names | South Indian Railway |
Chetput railway station, also spelt as Chetpet railway station, is one of the railway station of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Chetput. It is situated adjacent to the Chetput lake on the southern side, with an elevation of 9 m above sea level.
History
The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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(help) - ^ "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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