Guduvancheri railway station

Guduvancheri railway station (station code: GI^[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone.^[2] It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu 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.

Guduvancheri
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	National Highway 32, Guduvancheri, Chennai, Chengalpattu taluk, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°50′42″N 80°3′25″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	5
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	GI
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	9 January 1965[1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Urapakkam towards Tambaram or Chennai Beach South Line Potheri towards 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 Green Line Blue Line 3.07 Chennai Park 3.07 Parktown MRTS 4.32 Chennai Egmore Green Line 6.56 Chetput Chetpet metro station Purple Line Cooum River 8.15 Nungambakkam 9.68 Kodambakkam Kodambakkam metro station Yellow Line 11.29 Mambalam 12.90 Saidapet Adyar River 15.01 Guindy Blue Line 17.12 St. Thomas Mount Green Line  MRTS  Red Line 18.75 Pazhavanthangal 20.04 Meenambakkam 21.22 Tirusulam Blue Line 23.15 Pallavaram Level Crossing 26 - Chromepet Level Crossing 27 - Chromepet 25.35 Chromepet Blue Line 27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29.14 Tambaram Blue Line 32.64 Perungalathur Blue Line Level Crossing 33 - Perungalathur 34.44 Vandalur Blue Line 36.65 Kilambakkam Blue 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 Junction 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

History

The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965, with the electrification of the Tambaram—Chengalpattu section.^[1]

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

P	Platform 5	(Not in Operation)
	FOB, Island platform | P4 Doors will open on the left | P5 (Not in Operation)
	Platform 4	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach Next Station: Urapakkam
	Platform 3	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach
	FOB, Island platform | P3 (Express Line) | 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 (Express Line) | 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.^[3]

See also

• India portal

• Chennai Suburban Railway