Chennai Fort railway station
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Chennai Fort கோட்டை | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chennai MRTS & Chennai suburban railway station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 13°04′59″N 80°16′57″E / 13.08319°N 80.28259°E / 13.08319; 80.28259 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Southern Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 for South line, Chennai Suburban Railway or regular trains and 2 for Chennai MRTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1931 (Suburban line) 1 November 1995 (MRTS line) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
22,000/day[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chennai Fort (formerly known as Madras Fort) 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] 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]
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References
- ^ Xavier Lopez, Aloysius (6 March 2015). "Connect seamlessly across crowded places soon". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Chennai Beach - Velachery - Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. 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.
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