Chennai Egmore

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Chennai Egmore is a railway station in Egmore, 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 terminals 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.Over 80% of the trains starting from Chennai Egmore station pass through Trichy at different times.

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

[edit] Trains

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[edit] Trains originating from Chennai Egmore

Chennai-Kanyakumari Kanyakumari Express
Chennai-Trichy(Tiruchirappalli) Pallavan Express
Chennai-Trichy(Tiruchirappalli) Rockfort Express(Trichy-Kumbakonam as Rockfort Link Express)
Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Ananthapuri Express
Chennai-Tuticorin Pearl City Express
Chennai-Dibrugarh Express
Chennai-Guwahati Express
Chennai-Madurai Vaigai Express
Chennai-Madurai Pandian Express
Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Express
Chennai Egmore--Mangalore Express
Chennai-Guruvayur Express
Chennai-Kacheguda Express
Chennai-Jodhpur Weekly Express
Chennai-Guwahati Weekly Express
Chennai-Dibrugarh Town Express
Chennai-Sengottai Podhigai Superfast Express
Chennai-Puducherry Express
Train Timings

[edit] Trains passing through Chennai Egmore

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

Passing By Train Timings

[edit] Layout

Egmore station has 10 platforms. Pf 1, 2 and 3 are on the Eastern side. They are relatively short in length. Pf 4 is the main platform leading to the portico. Platforms 4, 5, 6 and 7 lie under the dome. Pf 8 and 9 are under construction. These platforms are the ones that handled the erstwhile MG EMUs. Pf 10 and 11 are newly constructed ones that are handling BG EMUs.

[edit] See also

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Chennai Egmore
Next station north: Park Town, Chennai	Chennai suburban railway: South line		Next station south: Chetput
Next station north: Park Town, Chennai	Stop number: 4	KM from starting: {{{5}}}	Next station south: Chetput