Chennai Park Poonga | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chennai Park railway station (a view towards east) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Other names | Chennai Park | ||||
| Location | NH 4, Periyamet,Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°4′49″N80°16′22″E / 13.08028°N 80.27278°E /13.08028; 80.27278 | ||||
| System |  Indian Railways,Chennai Suburban Railway andChennai MRTS station | ||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways,Indian Railways | ||||
| Lines | South andSouth West lines ofChennai Suburban Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| Station code | MPK | ||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railways | ||||
| History | |||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Previous names | South Indian Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 440,000/day (as per 2012) | |||||
| |||||
Chennai Park railway station (or justPark station) is one of the railway stations inChennai,India, on theChennai Beach–Chengelpet section of theChennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood ofPark Town, a suburb ofChennai. It is located at about 3 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated onPoonamallee High Road, acrossChennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 7 m abovesea level.
The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. 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]
As of 2012, the station handles about 440,000 passengers a day.[3]
It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation underAmrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[4]
