Meenambakkam railway station

Meenambakkam-மீனம்பாக்கம்
Meenambakkam-மீனம்பாக்கம்
Station of Chennai Suburban Railway and Southern Railways
Location	Grand Southern Trunk Road, Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°59′26″N 80°11′17″E / 12.9906°N 80.1881°ECoordinates: 12°59′26″N 80°11′17″E / 12.9906°N 80.1881°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MN
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Location
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Meenambakkam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Meenambakkam, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at Grand Trunk Road across Chennai International Airport Cargo Terminal, with an elevation of 18 m (59 ft) above sea level.^[1]

History[]

The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.^[2] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[3]