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Chennai Fort Chennai Kottai
Chennai Fort station at dawn
General information
Location	Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600003
Coordinates	13°04′59″N80°16′57″E / 13.08319°N 80.28259°E /13.08319; 80.28259
System	Chennai Suburban Railway Chennai MRTS
Owned by	Southern Railways
Platforms	5 (2 platforms for MRTS)
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MSF
History
Opened	1931 (Suburban line) 1 November 1995 (MRTS line)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC throughoverhead catenary
Passengers
22,000/day[1]
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Chennai Beach Terminus Line 1 Chennai Park Town towardsVelachery Line 1 (Future Service) Chennai Park Town towardsSt. Thomas Mount Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Chennai Beach Terminus South Line Chennai Park towardsTambaram,Chengalpattu Junction orVillupuram Junction
Location

Chennai Fort (formerly known asMadras Fort) (station code:MSF) is a station on theChennai Suburban Railway andChennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line fromChennai Beach toVelachery.^[2]

The station is named afterFort St. George, which it serves.Madras Dental College is located opposite the station, adjoining Madras Medical College Men's Hotel and Nursing College. TheMadras Medical College is a few hundred metres away. The station consists of 260 sq m of open parking area.^[3]

There are a total of 5 platforms and 5 tracks. The platforms are connected byfoot 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.

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  Eastern view of the MRTS platform at the station
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  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
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  EVR Periyar Salai, an arterial road, begins near Fort station
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  A view of the MRTS platform and the footbridge at the Fort railway station

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