Chennai railway division

Chennai railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.^[2] Chennai Division was formed on 31 August 1956 . Currently, it has a route length of over 697.93 km and track length of 1934.68 km.^[3] Its administrative headquarters is in Chennai, which also happens to be the headquarters of the Southern Railway.

Chennai railway division

Royapuram railway station, the first train station in South India
Overview
Headquarters	Chennai
Locale	Tamil Nadu, India
Dates of operation	1956[1]–
Predecessor	Southern Railway
Technical
Track gauge	Broad
Previous gauge	Metre
Length	697.42 km (433.36 mi)
Other
Website	Southern Railway - Chennai railway division

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Chennai railway division and their station category.^[4][5]

Category of station	No. of stations	Names of stations
A-1 Category	2	Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central, Chennai Egmore
A Category	5	Arakkonam Junction, Chengalpattu Junction, Jolarpettai Junction, Katpadi Junction, Tambaram
B Category	8	, Mambalam, Perambur, Tiruvallur, Avadi, Tiruttani, Ambur, Vaniyambadi, Melmaruvathur, Tindivanam
C Category (Suburban station)	-	-
D Category	-	-
E Category	-	-
F Category Halt Station	-	-
Total	160	-

Stations closed for Passengers -

• Padi railway station (Defunct)
• Anna Nagar railway station (Defunct)