Chintadripet railway station explained

Chintadripet
Native Name:
Chintadripettai
Type: Chennai MRTS station
Style:Indian Railways
Coordinates:13.0738°N 80.2738°W
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. FF9900
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Structure:Elevated
Platform:Side platform
Platform-1 → **
Platform-2 →
** (Further extenstion to in the near future)
Tracks:2
Opened:1 November 1995
Mapframe:yes

Chintadripet is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was opened in November 1995. It is built on the bank of Cooum River alongside Arunachala Street, opposite the new secretariat building. The station will be connected with the Chennai Metro Government Estate station, which is currently under construction.[1] The station building contains a 1150 square metres parking area in its lower level.[2]

Sub-station

In 1998, a traction sub-station was established at the station to cater to the power requirement of MRTS. As per the regulations of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), the minimum monthly charges were to be based on the demand actually recorded in a month or 90 per cent of the contracted demand, whichever was higher. Contracted demand for this sub-station was originally fixed at 5,200 kVA, which was subsequently reduced to 2,500 kVA with effect from February 1999.[3]

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
valign=topL1valign=topMezzaninevalign=topFare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2Side platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards → next station is Chennai Park Town
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards ← Velacherry next station is Chepauk
(to be further extended to railway station in the near future)
Side platform Doors will open on the left
L2

Maintenance

In 2010, nearly 3.4 million was spent on various kinds of maintenance activities at the station. The maintenance and beautification effort was carried out for the occasion of the inaugural function of the new secretariat building.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Meera Srinivasan. Witnessing the making of a Metro station. 18 August 2012. The Hindu. 27 April 2012.
  2. Web site: R.Ramanathan. Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai. Traffic Transportation and Parking - Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. 19 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Report No.5 of 2006 (Railways). cag.nic.in. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185638/http://cag.nic.in/html/reports/railways/2006_5/chap_3.pdf. 1 February 2014. dmy-all.