Kodambakkam railway station

Kodambakkam Railway Station is a railway station on the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Kodambakkam, Vadapalani, and Ashok Nagar. The railway station was already in existence when the Chennai Egmore-Kanchipuram suburban railway was opened in 1911.

History The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. 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. The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.

The station

Platforms There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 12 coaches EMU train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

Station layout GStreet levelExit/Entrance & ticket counterP1FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the leftPlatform 1Towards → Chennai BeachNext Station: NungambakkamFOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the rightPlatform 2Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram JnNext Station: MambalamPlatform 3Towards → Chennai EgmoreFOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Line)Platform 4Towards ← Chengalpattu JunctionP1

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See also

Chennai Suburban Railway Railway stations in Chennai

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