Kodambakkam railway station
Kodambakkam | |
|---|---|
Southern Railways | |
| History | |
| Opened | Early 1900s |
| Electrified | 1931 |
| Previous names | South Indian Railway |
| Location | |
  Kodambakkam Location in Chennai  Kodambakkam Location in Tamil Nadu  Kodambakkam Location in India | |
Kodambakkam Railway Station is a railway station on the
Chennai Egmore-Kanchipuram
suburban railway was opened in 1911.
History
The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[2]
Gallery
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Kodambakkam station
See also
References
- ^ "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.