Guduvancheri | |
Type: | Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | National Highway 32, Guduvancheri, Chennai, Chengalpattu taluk, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 12.845°N 80.0569°W |
Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
Mapframe-Marker-Color: |
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Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Line: | South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway |
Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
Platform: | 5 |
Tracks: | 5 |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | 9 January 1965 |
Code: | GI |
Owned: | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
Zone: | Southern Railways |
Former: | South Indian Railway |
Mapframe: | yes |
Guduvancheri railway station (station code: GI[1]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone. It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the town of Guduvancheri, a suburb of the Chennai metropolitan area in Chengalpattu district.It is situated at a distance of from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Guduvancheri, with an elevation of above sea level.
The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965, with the electrification of the Tambaram—Chengalpattu section.[2]
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 & ticket counter |
P | Platform 5 | (Not in Operation) |
FOB, Island platform | P4 Doors will open on the right | P5 (Not in Operation) | ||
Platform 4 | Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach Next Station: Urapakkam | |
Platform 3 | Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach | |
FOB, Island platform | P2 & P3 (Express Lines) | P2 Doors will open on the right | P3 Doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 2 | Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction / Villuppuram Jn | |
Platform 1 | Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Potheri | |
FOB, Side platform | P1 Doors will open on the left|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |G| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Street level| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Exit/Entrance & ticket counter|-|}Projects and developmentIt is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[3] See alsoExternal links} |