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Guduvancheri
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationNational Highway 32, Guduvancheri, Chennai, Chengalpattu taluk, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates12°50′42″N 80°3′25″E / 12.84500°N 80.05694°E / 12.84500; 80.05694
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms5
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeGI
Fare zoneSouthern Railways
History
Electrified9 January 1965
Previous namesSouth Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station
Urapakkamtowards Tambaram or Chennai Beach South Line Potheritowards Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map
Legend
Chennai Beach — Villupuram
North Line
West Line
0.00 Chennai Beach
High Court
1.80 Chennai Fort  MRTS 
3.07 Chennai Central Logo of Chennai MetroGreen Line Blue LineMainline rail interchange
3.07 Chennai Park
3.07 Parktown
MRTS
4.32 Chennai Egmore Logo of Chennai MetroGreen LineMainline rail interchange
6.56 Chetput Logo of Chennai MetroPurple Line
Cooum River
8.15 Nungambakkam
9.68 Kodambakkam Logo of Chennai MetroOrange Line
11.29 Mambalam
12.90 Saidapet
Adyar River
15.01 Guindy Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
17.12 St. Thomas Mount
Logo of Chennai MetroGreen Line Red Line Mainline rail interchange MRTS 
18.75 Pazhavanthangal
20.04 Meenambakkam
21.22 Tirusulam Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
23.15 Pallavaram
25.35 Chromepet Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium
29.14 TambaramMainline rail interchange Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
32.64 Perungalathur Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
34.44 Vandalur Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
37.48 Kilambakkam Logo of Chennai MetroBlue Line
37.50 Urapakkam
40.41 Guduvancheri
43.94 Potheri
45.85 Kattangulathur
46.96 Maraimalai Nagar
51.48 Singaperumal Koil
55.59 Paranur
59.84 Chengalpattu JunctionMainline rail interchange
to Arakkonam
63.00 Tirumani
68.37 Ottivakkam
73.08 Padalam
80.83 Karunguzhi
84.48 Maduranthakam
91.07 Pakkam
95.37 Melmaruvathur
98.21 Acharapakkam
104.27 Tozhuppedu
109.44 Karasangal
113.86 Olakur
118.59 Panchalam
125.48 Tindivanam
134.84 Mailam
143.44 Perani
149.92 Vikravandi
156.44 Mundiyampakkam
to Katpadi
162.76 Viluppuram Junction
Location

Guduvancheri railway station (station code: GI) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone. It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai BeachChengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the town of Guduvancheri, a suburb of the Chennai metropolitan area in Chengalpattu district.It is situated at a distance of 40 km (25 mi) from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Guduvancheri, with an elevation of 36 m (118 ft) above sea level.

History

The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965, with the electrification of the Tambaram—Chengalpattu section.

The station

Platforms

There are a total of 5 platforms and 5 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot 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.

Station layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P Platform 5 (Not in Operation)
FOB, Island platform | P4 Doors will open on the right | P5 (Not in Operation)
Platform 4 Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach
Next Station: Urapakkam
Platform 3 Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach
FOB, Island platform | P2 & P3 (Express Lines) | P2 Doors will open on the right | P3 Doors will open on the right
Platform 2 Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction / Villuppuram Jn
Platform 1 Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction / Villuppuram Jn
Next Station: Potheri
FOB, Side platform | P1 Doors will open on the left
G Street level Exit/Entrance & ticket counter

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.

See also

References

  1. ^ "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

Guduvancheri
Next station east north/north:
Urapakkam
South West Line, Chennai Suburban Next station south/south west:
Potheri
Stop number: 22 km from start: 40.41
Stations of South West Line of Chennai Suburban Railway
Guduvancheri
Next station northbound:
Urapakkam
South Line, Chennai Suburban Next station southbound:
Potheri
Stop number: 22 km from start: 40.41
Stations of the South Line of the Chennai Suburban Railway
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