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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.
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 .
The Chennai MRTS line bears greater resemblance to the suburban railway than a rapid transit line as it uses the same broad gauge (5 ft 6in) as the Chennai Suburban Railway system, allowing the usage of same train-sets across the existing suburban lines and the MRTS. [7] [53] Ballastless track is used between Tirumayilai and Velachery stations.
Chennai railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [2] Chennai Division was formed on 31 August 1956 . Currently, it has a route length of over 697.93 km and track length of 1934.68 km. [ 3 ] Its administrative headquarters is in Chennai , which also happens to be ...
A map of the Chennai suburban train system and interconnecting bus routes A graphical representation of the different public transit railway lines inside city limits in Chennai (including the Chennai Suburban Railway and the Chennai Metro) and their connections. The first railway station in Madras city was opened at Royapuram in 1853. [18]
The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai and its suburbs. Phase I of the project consisted of two corridors covering a length of 54.15 kilometres (33.65 mi). [ 1 ] The elevated section of the project began operations in June 2015, with the entire elevated stretch operational as of October 2016. [ 2 ]
Chengalpattu Junction railway station (station code: CGL [1]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [2] It is a railway junction of the southern section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network situated in the town of Chengalpattu, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south-west of Chennai Beach.
The "main line" of the metre-gauge railway system in the Coromandel Coast connected Chennai with Tiruchchirappalli via Viluppuram, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Kumbakonam, and Thanjavur junctions. [1] The Chennai–Mayiladuthurai–Thanjavur–Tiruchirappalli line continues to be thought of as the "main line". [2] [3]