Chennai Fort railway station explained

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]

History

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]

The station

Platforms

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.

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance, FOB & ticket counter
PPlatform 1Towards → 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 2Towards ← 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 4Towards → Chennai Beach
Platform 5Towards ← 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 also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Xavier Lopez . Aloysius . Connect seamlessly across crowded places soon . The Hindu . Chennai . 6 March 2015 . 6 Sep 2015.
  2. Web site: Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service. Southern Railways. 18 Aug 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906183556/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf#. 6 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: R.Ramanathan. Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai. Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. 19 Aug 2012.