The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. 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.[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[2]
The stationedit
Platformsedit
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.
kodambakkam, railway, station, kodambakkam, railway, station, railway, station, chennai, beach, chengalpattu, section, chennai, suburban, railway, network, serves, neighbourhood, kodambakkam, vadapalani, ashok, nagar, railway, station, already, existence, when. Kodambakkam Railway Station is a railway station on the Chennai Beach Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network It serves the neighbourhood of Kodambakkam Vadapalani and Ashok Nagar The railway station was already in existence when the Chennai Egmore Kanchipuram suburban railway was opened in 1911 KodambakkamIndian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway stationKodambakkam railway stationGeneral informationCoordinates13 03 07 N 80 13 51 E 13 0520 N 80 2307 E 13 0520 80 2307Owned byMinistry of Railways Indian RailwaysLine s South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban RailwayConnectionsMahalingapuram MTC bus stop Orange Line Kodambakkam metro stationConstructionStructure typeStandard on ground stationParkingAvailableOther informationStatusActiveStation codeMKKFare zoneSouthern RailwaysHistoryOpenedEarly 1900sElectrified1931Previous namesSouth Indian RailwayServicesPreceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Nungambakkamtowards Chennai Beach South Line Mambalamtowards Tambaram Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram JunctionRoute mapLegend Chennai Beach Villupuram North LineWest Line 0 00 Chennai Beach High Court 1 80 Chennai Fort MRTS 3 07 Chennai Central Green Line Blue Line 3 07 Chennai Park 3 07 Parktown MRTS 4 32 Chennai Egmore Green Line 6 56 Chetput Purple Line Cooum River 8 15 Nungambakkam 9 68 Kodambakkam Orange Line 11 29 Mambalam 12 90 Saidapet Adyar River 15 01 Guindy Blue Line 17 12 St Thomas Mount Green Line MRTS 18 75 Pazhavanthangal 20 04 Meenambakkam Blue Line 21 22 Tirusulam 23 15 Pallavaram 25 35 Chromepet 27 36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29 14 Tambaram 32 64 Perungalathur 34 44 Vandalur 37 50 Urapakkam 40 41 Guduvancheri 43 94 Potheri 45 85 Kattangulathur 46 96 Maraimalai Nagar 51 48 Singaperumal Koil 55 59 Paranur 59 84 Chengalpattu Junction to Arakkonam 63 00 Tirumani 68 37 Ottivakkam 73 08 Padalam 80 83 Karunguzhi 84 48 Maduranthakam 91 07 Pakkam 95 37 Melmaruvathur 98 21 Acharapakkam 104 27 Tozhuppedu 109 44 Karasangal 113 86 Olakur 118 59 Panchalam 125 48 Tindivanam 134 84 Mailam 143 44 Perani 149 92 Vikravandi 156 44 Mundiyampakkam to Katpadi 162 76 Viluppuram JunctionLocation Contents 1 History 2 The station 2 1 Platforms 2 2 Station layout 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editThe station lies in the Chennai Beach Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network 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 1 The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967 2 The station editPlatforms edit 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 edit G Street level Exit Entrance amp ticket counter P1 FOB Side platform Doors will open on the left Platform 1 Towards Chennai Beach next station is Nungambakkam FOB Island platform P1 Doors will open on the left right P2 Doors will open on the right Platform 2 Towards Tambaram Chengalpattu Jn Villuppuram Jn next station is Mambalam Platform 3 Towards Chennai Egmore FOB Island platform P3 and P4 Express Line Platform 4 Towards Chengalpattu Junction P1Gallery edit nbsp Kodambakkam stationSee also edit nbsp India portal Chennai Suburban Railway Railway stations in ChennaiReferences edit Electric Traction I IRFCA org Retrieved 17 November 2012 IR Electrification Chronology up to 31 03 2004 History of Electrification IRFCA org Retrieved 17 November 2012 nbsp This article about a railway station in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kodambakkam railway station amp oldid 1224667672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
