Meenambakkam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpet section of theChennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood ofMeenambakkam, a suburb ofChennai. It is situated at Grand Trunk Road acrossChennai International Airport Cargo Terminal, with an elevation of 18 m (59 ft) abovesea level.[1]
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.[2] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[3]
There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 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.
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P1 | FOB,Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 | Towards →Chennai Beach Next Station:Pazhavanthangal | |
| FOB,Island platform |P1 Doors will open on the left/right |P2 Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 | Towards ←Tambaram /Chengalpattu Jn /Villuppuram Jn Next Station:Tirusulam | |
| Platform 3 | Towards →Chennai Egmore | |
| FOB,Island platform |P3 and P4 |(Express Lines) | ||
| Platform 4 | Towards ←Chengalpattu Junction | |
| P1 | ||
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