Chennai Egmore railway station
Chennai Egmore Chennai Elumbur | |||||
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Chennai Egmore railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°04′41″N 80°15′42″E / 13.0780°N 80.2616°E | ||||
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||
| System | |||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways | ||||
| Lines | |||||
| Platforms | 11 | ||||
| Tracks | 12 | ||||
| Connections | Green Line Egmore | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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| Other information | |||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | MS | ||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Chennai | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1880 (station) 11 June 1908 (terminal building) | ||||
| Electrified | 1931 | ||||
| Original company | South Indian Railway | ||||
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Chennai Egmore (also known as Chennai Elumbur, formerly Madras Egmore) (station code: MS), is a major railway station in Chennai, India. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is situated in the neighbourhood of Egmore, with the main entrance situated on Gandhi-Irwin road and the rear entrance on Poonamallee high road. It caters to inter-city express trains, multiple units, and suburban services.
The station served as the terminus of the South Indian Railway Company in Madras since the 1880s. The construction of the terminal building began in September 1905 and it was officially opened on 11 June 1908. The building is built in Indo Saracenic style. In 1951, the station became part of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.