Chennai Egmore

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Chennai Egmore is a railway station in Chennai, South India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains connecting Chennai and southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.This is one of the two main railway junctions in the city along with Chennai Central, which serves the north and west bound trains from the city. However, some trains to the north-east and eastern parts of the country also start from/pass through here, though the number is much fewer than the ones from Chennai Central. The Chennai Beach—Tambaram suburban railway line also passes through the station. The building of the railway station with decorative domes is one of the prominent landmarks of Chennai. This station is known in Tamil as Ezhumbur.

Contents 1 Trains 1.1 Trains originating from Chennai Egmore 1.2 Trains passing through Chennai Egmore 2 Layout 3 See also

[edit] Trains

[edit] Trains originating from Chennai Egmore

• Chennai-Kanyakumari Kanyakumari Express
• Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Ananthapuri Express
• Chennai-Tuticorin Pearl City Express
• Chennai-Kumbakonam Rock Fort Express
• Chennai-Dibrugarh Express
• Chennai-Guwahati Express
• Chennai-Madurai Vaigai Express
• Chennai-Madurai Pandian Express
• Chennai-Tiruchirappalli Pallavan Express
• Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Express
• Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Express [1]
• Chennai-Guruvayur Express
• Chennai-Kacheguda Express
• Chennai-Jodhpur Express
• Chennai-Tenkasi Express
• Chennai-Kacheguda Express
• Chennai-Puducherry Express

[edit] Trains passing through Chennai Egmore

• Trichy-Howrah Express
• Kanyakumari-Howrah Express
• Madurai-Hazrat Nizamuddin TN Sampark Kranti Express
• Kanniyakumari-Hazrat Nizamuddin Thirukkural Express

[edit] Layout

Egmore station has 10 platforms. Pf 1 & 2 are on the Eastern side. They are relatively short in length and are used to handle Koodal, Vaigai and Pallavan Expresses. Pf 3 is the main platform leading to the portico. Platforms 3,4,5 and 6 lie under the dome. Pf 6 is also a shorter one like 1 and 2. Pf 7 and 8 are under construction. These platforms are the ones that handled the erstwhile MG EMUs. Pf 9 and 10 are newly constructed ones that are handling BG EMUs.

[edit] See also

• Railway station layout

Chennai Egmore
Next station north: Park Town, Chennai	Chennai suburban railway : South line		Next station south: Chetput
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These are the stations of Chennai suburban railway - South line

Chennai Beach | Chennai Fort | Park Town | Chennai Egmore | Chetpet | Nungambakkam | Kodambakkam | Mambalam | Saidapet | Guindy | St. Thomas Mount | Palavanthangal | Meenambakkam | Tirusulam | Pallavaram | Chromepet | Tambaram Sanatorium | Tambaram | Perungalathur | Vandalur | Urapakkam | Guduvancheri | Potheri | Kattangulathur | Maraimalai Nagar | Singaperumal Koil | Paranur | Chengalpattu | Villiambakkam | Palur | Palayasivaram | Walajabad | Nathapettai | Kanchipuram | Tirumalpur