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Nungambakkam railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Chennai, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Nungambakkam

| type = 30px Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station

| style = Indian Railways

| image = Nungambaakkam railway station2.jpg

| image_caption = Nungambakkam railway station

| address = Station View Road, Tiruvenkatapuram, Choolaimedu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

| coordinates = {{coord|13.065363|80.232742|display=inline,title}}

| line = South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway

| other =

| structure = Standard on-ground station

| platform = 4

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 4

| parking = Available

| bicycle =

| opened = Early 1900s

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = 1931

| accessible =

| code = NBK

| owned = Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways

| zone = Southern Railways

| former = South Indian Railway

| passengers =

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| services = {{adjacent stations|system1=Chennai Suburban|line1=South|left1=Chetpet|to-left=Chennai Beach|right1=Kodambakkam|to-right1=Tambaram or Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction}}

| route_map = {{South Line, Chennai Suburban}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = rail

| mapframe-marker-color = #16A117

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Nungambakkam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Nungambakkam, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at about 8 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated at Nungambakkam, with an elevation of 11 m above sea level.

History

Nungambakkam railway station was constructed when the electric suburban railway service was laid between 1928 and 1931.{{cite web

| last =

| first =

| author-link =

| title = Electric Traction - I

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| publisher = IRFCA.org

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| url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol

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| doi =

| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}} Before 1923, the stretch between Chetpet and Kodambakkam stations was covered by the Nungambakkam Tank. The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.{{cite web

| last =

| first =

| author-link =

| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004

| work = History of Electrification

| publisher = IRFCA.org

| date =

| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html

| doi =

| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}

Safety issues

Despite being one of the busier railway stations within downtown Chennai, the station lacked many safety factors, including lack of a closed-circuit television camera. The murder of Swathy, a 24-year-old computer engineer who was hacked to death by a then unidentified young man in the station premises on the morning of 24 June 2016 in full daylight, received wide media attention and publicity, leading to the public outcry on the safety levels at all suburban stations.{{cite web

| last =

| first =

| author-link =

| title = Murder of Infosys employee

| work =

| publisher = www.thehindu.com

| date =

| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/woman-hacked-to-death-at-suburban-station-in-chennai/article8768787.ece

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| doi =

| access-date = 25 June 2016}}{{cite web

| last =

| first =

| author-link =

| title = Station does not have CCTVs

| work =

| publisher = www.thehindu.com

| date =

| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/infosys-techie-murder-chennais-nungambakkam-railway-station-does-not-have-cctv-cameras/article8772035.ece

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The station

= Platforms =

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. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

= Station layout =

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| valign="top" width="30" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |G

| valign="top" width="85" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street level

| valign="top" width="500" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance & ticket counter

rowspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="30" valign="center" |P1

| colspan="2" style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left

width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 1

| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Towards → Chennai Beach
Next Station: Chetpet

colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right
width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 5px gray;" |Platform 2

| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 5px gray;" |Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn
Next Station: Kodambakkam

width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 3

| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards → Chennai Egmore

colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Line)
width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 4

| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |P1

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See also

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References

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External links

{{commons category|Nungambakkam railway station}}

  • [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/guindy-gdy/4866 Nungambakkam railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com]
  • [http://erail.in/ChennaiSubUrbanTrains.htm# Local Train timings from/to Nungambakkam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031035206/http://erail.in/ChennaiSubUrbanTrains.htm |date=31 October 2012 }}

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Category:Railway stations in India opened in the 1900s

Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway

Category:Railway stations in Chennai

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