Basin Bridge railway station

Basin Bridge Junction
Basin Bridge Junction
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
	View of Basin Bridge railway junction
General information
Location	Basin Bridge, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	13°06′08″N80°16′17″E / 13.10230°N 80.27143°E Coordinates: 13°06′08″N80°16′17″E / 13.10230°N 80.27143°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	West, North West and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway.
Platforms	7
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	BBQ
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	13 April 1979
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Passengers
2013	10,000/day

Last updated September 09, 2022

Basin Bridge Junction is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and serves the locality of Basin Bridge, the confluence on the Otteri Nullah and Buckingham Canal, in Chennai, India. The station is located at the southern end of the 'diamond' junction in Chennai, where all the lines of the Chennai Suburban Railway meet. It is the first station after Chennai Central. At this station, the line divides into three: one going towards Avadi and Arakkonam, the other towards Ennore and Gummidipoondi, and the third towards Chennai Beach and Chennai Egmore. Thus, the station acts as the entry point to Chennai Central terminus where inbound trains from all the three lines are stopped before assigning a platform at Chennai Central. It also contains a railway maintenance shed with 19 pit-lines, each measuring 3-ft deep to accommodate about 24 coaches. The station has an elevation of 7 m above sea level.

History

The lines at the station were electrified in 1979. On 13 April 1979, the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section was electrified and on 9 August 1979, the Basin Bridge–Chennai Beach section was electrified. On 29 November 1979, the lines on Chennai Central–Tiruvallur were electrified. The stabling and inspection lines at the station were electrified on 24 December 1979. The additional line between Basin Bridge and Vyasarpadi was electrified on 31 December 1985.^[1]

Traffic

As of 2013, the station handles about 10,000 passengers a day.^[2]

Connectivity

Road transport

The station is connected by roads to and from the following areas:

Security

The station is covered by the ₹ 400-million Integrated Security Surveillance System (ISSS) project implemented in 2012. The project, implemented jointly by the Southern Railways and HCL Infosystems, includes installation of CCTV cameras that would record visuals around the clock and store the data for 30 days, with the footage transmitted and stored using an Internet Protocol system.^[3]

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References

1 2 "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
1 2 "Go northwest, but don't take a train". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
↑ "Chennai: Suburban railway stations to come under CCTV surveillance". IBN Live. Chennai: The New Indian Express. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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[IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification-1] 1 2 "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[TOI_GoNorthwestBut-2] 1 2 "Go northwest, but don't take a train". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[IBNLive_CCTVSurveillance-3] "Chennai: Suburban railway stations to come under CCTV surveillance". IBN Live. Chennai: The New Indian Express. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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