Guindy railway station explained

Guindy
Type:	Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Style:	Indian Railways
Address:	Anna Salai, Race View Colony, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:	13.0086°N 80.2131°W
Line:	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Structure:	Standard on-ground station
Platform:	4
Tracks:	4
Parking:	Available
Code:	GDY
Owned:	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Zone:	Southern Railways
Former:	South Indian Railway
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Marker:	rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:	16A117
Mapframe-Zoom:	14
Map State:	collapsed

Guindy railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Guindy, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at about 14 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated at NH 45 in Anna Salai, with an elevation of 12 m above sea level.

History

With the completion of track-lying work of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and the tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.^[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[2]

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 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1	FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Saidapet
	FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right|-| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 5px gray;" |Platform 2| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 5px gray;" |Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: St. Thomas Mount|-| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 3| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards → Chennai Egmore|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Line)|-| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 4| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |P1| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" || style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" ||-|} Performance and earnings As of 2023, the station had a footfall of 60,000 passengers a day. Projects and development The task of upgrading of the station was taken up in 2023 under Indian Railway's "Amruth Bharath" scheme at a cost of 135 million.^[3] ^[4] See also Chennai Suburban Railway Railway stations in Chennai External links Guindy railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com Local Train timings from/to Guindy }

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electric Traction - I . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.
2. Web site: IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 . History of Electrification . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.
3. Web site: Ayyappan . V. . Chennai’s Guindy and St Thomas Mount railway stations to get new look, better facilities . The Times of India . 2 December 2023 . The Times Group . 12 January 2024.
4. News: AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS . 8 April 2024 . Press Information Bureau . 10 Feb 2023 . New Delhi.