Perambur Carriage Works railway station
Perambur Carriage Works railway station | |
|---|---|
Southern Railways | |
| History | |
| Electrified | 29 November 1979[1] |
| Previous names | Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway |
| Location | |
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Perambur Carriage Works railway station is a suburban railway station less than a kilometre from the
sea level
. Mainly POH and IOH of all type of passenger coaches are undertaken here. The railway department has many facilities around this station, including a school (Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School), and an indoor sporting facility (Railway Stadium).
History
Perambur Carriage Works is one of the three railway workshops serving Indian Railways' Southern Railway zone (the other two being the
Perambur Loco Works station to serve these two workshops. The workshops, along with other assets, came under the Southern Railway with its formation in 1951, integrating the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company (Madras), the Southern Mahratta Railway Company, and Mysore State Railway
.
The lines at the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.[1]
Developments
Perambur Carriage Works is one of the railway stations in the Chennai Suburban Railway network that are being developed as Adarsh stations.[2]
See also
- Chennai Suburban Railway
- Integral Coach Factory
- Regional Railway Museum
- Railway stations in Chennai
References
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- ^ a b "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Nemilichery station to be ready in three months". The Times of India. Chennai. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2012.