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The first railway station to be built in Madras was the Royapuram station constructed in 1855 though the city had a railway line that dates back to the 1840s. Fundamentally, Chennai has 4 suburban railway lines, [ 2 ] namely North line , West line , South line and MRTS line .
Tambaram Railway Station (station code: TBM [4]) is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [5] It is also one of the railway terminals of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, situated at a distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the centre of Tambaram and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Chennai Beach ...
Chennai Suburban Railway is the commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, operated by the Southern Railways. The system operates four lines with a track length of 1,174.21 km (729.62 mi), of which 509.71 km (316.72 mi) are dedicated dual tracks for EMUs.
Currently it covers up to [clarification needed] twelve districts of Tamil Nadu and one in Kerala. It is headquartered in Madurai. [3] Major revenue generating junctions in the division are Madurai, Tirunelveli, Dindigul. In these stations most of the train halt and rake reversals takes place and also passenger foot fall is high. [citation needed]
The Chennai Beach station, one of the termini, is a hub for several suburban trains. Along with the Chennai Fort station, it offers connectivity to the commercial area of Broadway. [65] [66] The Park Town station is located near the Chennai Central station, which is a hub for other suburban lines and for long-distance express trains. [67] [68]
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third largest in terms of commuters in India.
Madurai Junction railway station (station code: MDU [2]) is an NSG-2 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [3] It serves the city of Madurai , located in Madurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Virudhunagar Junction railway station (station code: VPT) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [1] It serves the town of Virudhunagar, located in Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [2] It is being developed under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.