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Nemilichery
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Nemilichery, Thiruninravur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	13°7′17″N 80°2′43″E / 13.12139°N 80.04528°E / 13.12139; 80.04528
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	West, West North and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	NEC
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	2010
Electrified	29 November 1979
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Thiruninravurtowards Arakkonam Junction West Line Pattabiramtowards Chennai Central MMC
Route map Legend Chennai Central MMC — Jolarpet 213 Jolarpettai Junction 206 Kettandapatti 202 Vaniyambadi Kettandapatti Block Hut 198 Vaniyambadi 193 Vinnamangalam Vaniyambadi Block Hut 189 Vinnamangalam 186 Ambur Vaniyambadi Block Hut 182 Ambur 176 Pachchakuppam 170 Melpadi 164 Valathoor 159 Mel-Alattur 154 Gudiyattam 148 Kavanoor 143 Virinchipuram 137 Latteri West South Line 129 Katpadi Junction 124 Seevur 118 Thiruvalam 112 Mukundarayapuram 105 Walajah Road 98 Marudhalam 94 Thalangai 90 Sholinghur 86 Mahendravady 80 Anavardhikhanpettai 76 Chitteri Melpakam West North Line South West Line 69 Arakkonam Junction Puliyamangalam Mosur 58 Thiruvalangadu 54 Manavur Kosasthalaiyar River Senji Panambakkam Kadambattur 45 Egattur 42 Tiruvallur Puttlur 36 Sevvapet Road 32 Veppampattu 29 Thiruninravur 26 Nemilichery 29 Pattabiram Military Siding Engineering Depot 28 Pattabiram Military Siding 25 Pattabiram 24 Hindu College 21 Avadi Red Line 18 Annanur 17 Thirumullaivoyal 15 Ambattur Red Line 14 Pattaravakkam 12 Korattur ICF Furnishing Factory 13 Anna Nagar West 12 Padi 9 Villivakkam Red Line 8 Perambur Loco Works 6 Perambur Carriage Works 5 Perambur Purple Line 4 Vyasarpadi Jeeva North Line to Chennai Beach 2 Basin Bridge 0 Chennai Central MMC
Location

Nemilichery railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Nemilichery, Thiruninravur a suburb of Chennai, and is located 27 km west of Chennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 32.05 m above sea level.

Presently, Nemilichery, with three temporary shelters, is only a halt station and not a full-fledged one. However, all the 71 pairs of slow suburban trains halt at the station.

History

Nemilichery railway station is the newest railway station in the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. With the two nearest railway stations of Pattabiram and Thirunindravur on the eastern and western sides, respectively, lying 4.01 km apart, there was a demand for a new railway station in the midst of these two stations, which would benefit more than 100,000 people in the neighbourhood. Southern Railway gave its in principle approval for the construction of a new railway station in 2002 and the site inspection was carried out by the then minister of state for railways, A. K. Moorthy, in 2003. The railway station was initially estimated at a cost of ₹ 5.8 million, with the Jaya Group of Educational Institutions contributing ₹ 2.5 million as public contribution towards the construction. The final cost of construction of the station, however, was about ₹ 10 million, including ₹ 3.574 million towards earth work for laying the platform and ₹ 3.828 million towards shifting of tracks.

The station was inaugurated on 5 February 2010. The lines at the station, however, were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.

The subway connecting the two sides of the neighbourhoods was completed by March 2016 and was commissioned to public use on 21 April 2016

Station Layout

There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train.

Neighbourhoods

The station serves the neighbourhood, including East Thiruninravur, Srinath Nagar, TI Nagar, Gomathi Amman Nagar, Ambal Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Nemilichery, Annambedu, West Thandurai, Abirami Nagar, and Rajankuppam.

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

• India
• Transport
• Engineering

References

1. ^ "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
2. Jeeva (30 June 2010). "4 months on, Nemilichery stn still lacks water, toilet facilities". The Times of India (in Tamil). Chennai. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
3. "All suburban trains to halt at Nemilichery, says Southern Railway". The Times of India (in Tamil). Chennai. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
4. ^ Jeeva (26 October 2009). "Finally, Nemilichery rly stn to be commissioned by November-end". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
5. Jeeva (19 April 2009). "Seven years on, Nemilichery still waiting for railway station". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
6. Lakshmi, K. (19 December 2007). "Nemilichery railway station project yet to gain momentum". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
7. ^ "Nemilicherry station to be opened today". The Hindu. Chennai. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
8. "Subway at Nemilichery railway station near Chennai to be completed by March". The Times of India. Chennai. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

• Nemilichery station at Indiarailinfo.com

• Railway stations in India opened in 2010
• Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai
• Railway stations in Tiruvallur district