Chennai Fort | |
Native Name: | Chennai Kottai |
Type: | Indian Railways, Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600003 |
Coordinates: | 13.0832°N 80.2826°W |
Structure: | At Grade |
Platforms: | 5 (2 platforms for MRTS) |
Levels: | 1 |
Tracks: | 5 |
Parking: | Available |
Opened: | 1931 (Suburban line) 1 November 1995 (MRTS line) |
Electrified: | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary |
Code: | MSF |
Owned: | Southern Railways |
Passengers: | 22,000/day[1] |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
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]
The station is named after Fort St. George, which it serves. Madras Dental College is located opposite the station, adjoining Madras Medical College Men's Hotel and Nursing College. The Madras Medical College is a few hundred metres away. The station consists of 260 sq m of open parking area.[3]
There are a total of 5 platforms and 5 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance, FOB & ticket counter |
P | Platform 1 | Towards → Chennai Beach |
FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the right | P2 Doors will open on the right (Platform Numbers 1 and 2 run by South Line under Chennai Suburban Railway) | ||
Platform 2 | Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn next station is Chennai Park | |
Platform 3 | (Platform Number 3 Not in Operation) | |
FOB, Island platform | P3 (Not in operation) | P4 Doors will open on the left (Platform Numbers 4 and 5 run by Chennai MRTS) | ||
Platform 4 | Towards → Chennai Beach | |
Platform 5 | Towards ← next station is (to be further extended to railway station in the near future) | |
FOB, Side platform | P5 Doors will open on the left|-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|P|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100||style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500||-|}See alsoExternal links} |