Perambur Carriage works

Opened: 1860 | Electrified: November 1979 | Platforms: 3| Parking available | Station: At grade Mainly POH and IOH of all type of passenger coaches are undertaken here. The railway department has many facilities around this station, including a school and an indoor sporting facility. When the ICF shell division was started, furnishing works were … Continue reading Perambur Carriage works

Perambur railway station

Opened: 1860 | Electrified: November 1979 | Platforms: 4 | Parking available | Station: At grade Second oldest railway station in the city after Royapuram railway station. The station was built in the 1860s to cater to employees at Southern Railway's locomotive, carriage, wagon, and coach-building workshops. The station is the fifth largest station in … Continue reading Perambur railway station

Vyasarpadi Jiva

Opened: May 1931 | Electrified: December 1979, 1985 | Platforms: 2| Parking available | Station: At grade The station is named is named Vyasarpadi Jiva, after veteran socialist leader Jeevanandam and in memory of his presence in Vyasarpadi. Train timings from the station   Public transport connectivity from the station Bus and rail connectivity from … Continue reading Vyasarpadi Jiva

Basin bridge junction

Opened: May 1931 | Electrified: December 1979 | Platforms: 5 | Parking available | Station: At grade The station is located at the southern end of the 'diamond' junction at Chennai where all the lines of the Chennai Suburban Railway meet. At this station, the line divides into three: one going towards Avadi and Arakkonam, … Continue reading Basin bridge junction

Chennai Central Suburban railway station

Opened: May 1931 | Electrified: December 1979 | Platforms: 5 | Parking: available |Station: at grade The Chennai central suburban station forms a part of the larger Central railway station campus. The main station building which caters to services outside of Chennai, dates to 1873, built in the Gothic revival style, designed by architect George … Continue reading Chennai Central Suburban railway station