Chennai_Fort_railway_station
Chennai Fort railway station
Railway station in Chennai, India
Chennai Fort (formerly known as Madras Fort) (station code: MSF) is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line from Chennai Beach to Velachery.[2]
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 Indian Railways, Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°04′59″N 80°16′57″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Southern Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 (2 platforms for MRTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | MSF | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1931 (Suburban line) 1 November 1995 (MRTS line) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22,000/day[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is named after Fort St. George, which it serves. Madras Dental College is located opposite the station, adjoining Madras Medical College Men's Hotel and Nursing College. The Madras Medical College is a few hundred metres away. The station consists of 260 sq m of open parking area.[3]
Platforms
There are a total of 5 platforms and 5 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
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P1 | FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right | |
| Track 1 | ||
| Track 2 | → | |
| FOB, Island platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Island platform, No- 3 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Track 3 | → | |
| P1 | Track 4 | |
| FOB, Island platform, No- 4 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Island platform, No- 5 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Track 5 | ||
- Eastern view of the MRTS platform at the station
- Tracks heading towards Chennai Beach as seen from the footbridge at Fort station. The 3 tracks on the left are usually used by Beach–Tambaram/Chengalpet/Tirumalpur suburban trains and Express trains. The 2 tracks on the right are usually used by MRTS trains that ply between Chennai Beach and Velachery
- EVR Periyar Salai, an arterial road, begins near Fort station
- A view of the MRTS platform and the footbridge at the Fort railway station
- Xavier Lopez, Aloysius (6 March 2015). "Connect seamlessly across crowded places soon". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- Chennai Fort railway station at the India Rail Info
- Indian Railways site
- Indian railway fan club
- Google. "Chennai Fort railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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