Tracks 4 Platforms in use 4 | Parking Available | |
Location Grand Southern Trunk Road, Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways Line(s) South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway Structure type Standard on-ground station Address Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600027 Owners Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways Similar Tirusulam railway station, Chetput railway station, Pazhavanthangal railway station, Tambaram Sanatorium railway st, Pallavaram railway station | ||
Meenambakkam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Meenambakkam, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at Grand Trunk Road across Chennai International Airport Cargo Terminal, with an elevation of 18 m above sea level.
History
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. The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.