Chennai Fort railway station

Chennai Fort

Chennai Kottai
Chennai Fort; Chennai Kottai
Indian Railways, Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS station
	Chennai Fort station at dawn
General information
Location	Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600003
Coordinates	13°04′59″N 80°16′57″E / 13.08319°N 80.28259°E
Owned by	Southern Railways
Platforms	5 (2 platforms for MRTS)
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MSF
History
Opened	1931 (Suburban line); 1 November 1995 (MRTS line)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
	22,000/day
Services
Location
Location

Chennai Fort (formerly known as Madras Fort) (station code: MSF) is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line from Chennai Beach to Velachery.^[2]

History

The station is named after Fort St. George, which it serves. Madras Dental College is located opposite the station, adjoining Madras Medical College Men's Hotel and Nursing College. The Madras Medical College is a few hundred metres away. The station consists of 260 sq m of open parking area.^[3]

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, FOB & ticket counter
P	Platform 1	Towards → Chennai Beach
	FOB, Island platform \| P1 Doors will open on the right \| P2 Doors will open on the right (Platform Numbers 1 and 2 run by South Line under Chennai Suburban Railway)
	Platform 2	Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Chennai Park
	Platform 3	(Platform Number 3 Not in Operation)
	FOB, Island platform \| P3 (Not in operation) \| P4 Doors will open on the left (Platform Numbers 4 and 5 run by Chennai MRTS)
	Platform 4	Towards → Chennai Beach
	Platform 5	Towards ← Velachery Next Station: Chennai Park Town (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount* railway station in the near future)*
	FOB, Side platform \| P5 Doors will open on the left
P

Gallery

Eastern view of the MRTS platform at the station
Tracks heading towards Chennai Beach as seen from the footbridge at Fort station. The 3 tracks on the left are usually used by Beach–Tambaram/Chengalpet/Tirumalpur suburban trains and Express trains. The 2 tracks on the right are usually used by MRTS trains that ply between Chennai Beach and Velachery
EVR Periyar Salai, an arterial road, begins near Fort station
A view of the MRTS platform and the footbridge at the Fort railway station

References

^ Xavier Lopez, Aloysius (6 March 2015). "Connect seamlessly across crowded places soon". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.