Chromepet railway station

Chromepet குரோம்பேட்டை
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Chromepet railway station
General information
Location	Chromepet Station Rd, Chitlapakkam, Chromepet, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu 600 044, India
Coordinates	12°57′3″N80°8′26″E / 12.95083°N 80.14056°E / 12.95083; 80.14056
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Not available
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	CMP
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	Early 1900s
Electrified	15 November 1931 [1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Pallavaram towards Chennai Beach South Line Tambaram Sanatorium towards Tambaram, 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 Purple Line Cooum River 8.15 Nungambakkam 9.68 Kodambakkam Orange Line 11.29 Mambalam 12.90 Saidapet Adyar River 15.01 Guindy Blue Line 17.12 St. Thomas Mount Green Line Red Line   MRTS   18.75 Pazhavanthangal 20.04 Meenambakkam 21.22 Tirusulam Blue Line 23.15 Pallavaram 25.35 Chromepet Blue Line 27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29.14 Tambaram Blue Line 32.64 Perungalathur Blue Line 34.44 Vandalur Blue Line 37.48 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

Chromepet railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhoods of Chromepet, Chitlapakkam, and surrounding areas. It is situated about 25 km (16 mi) from Chennai Beach, and has an elevation of 23.41 m (76.8 ft) above sea level.

History

Chromepet railway station lies on the Chennai Beach—Tambaram suburban section of the Chennai Suburban Railway, which was opened to traffic on 11 May 1931. The tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931. ^[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967. ^[2]

In 1998, the railways decided to replace the level crossing at the north side of the station with a subway. In 2008, the project was re-designed as a road under bridge (RUB) with the involvement of the highways department to allow all vehicles. However, in late 2008, following objections from about 400 families residing on either side of the level crossing, the design was changed again to a limited-use subway, measuring 33 m (108 ft) long, 8.3 m (27 ft) wide and 3.5 m (11 ft) high. On 27 February 2009, construction of the ₹ 75.5-million limited-use subway began. However, the work has been stalled due to land acquisition problems. ^[3]

The level crossing on the south side of the station, called "MIT Gate" was closed in January 2000 and construction of a massive ROB with four ramps on the GST road, a rotary on top and a two lane ramp extending over the tracks to the eastern side which connected with the Chitlappakam main road was commenced. After prolonged construction due to litigation by affected families, change of state government during the interim period etc., it was completed and thrown open to public in January 2006. Now known popularly as the "MIT Flyover", it serves as a vital lifeline for the populace of Nehru Nagar, Hastinapuram, Chitlapakkam and surrounding areas to easily access the GST road.

The station

Platforms

There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 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

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1	FOB , Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Pallavaram
	FOB , Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Tambaram Sanatorium
	Platform 3	Towards → Chennai Egmore
	FOB , Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Lines)
	Platform 4	Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction
P1

Safety

In the Guindy–Chengalpet stretch of the suburban section, which suffers from more fatal accidents of about 30 people a month ^[4] compared to other stretches of the suburban network, the Chromepet–Tambaram stretch remains the deadliest with at least 15 accidents occurring every month as of 2011. ^[5] Of the 181 people killed on the tracks between Guindy and Chengalpet in 2011, one-fourth were killed on the tracks between Chromepet and Tambaram stations. ^[3]

The station also lacks several basic amenities. ^[6]

In June 2014, an FOB connecting the Chromepet bus stand on the GST road with the Chromepet railway station was completed. It has 2 stairs on either side of the GST road, a slope on one of those sides, and 2 working escalators on both sides for climbing the FOB instead of taking the pain to climb stairs. It connects the existing FOB of the Chromepet railway station.

See also

• India portal

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

References

1. "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
2. "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
3. Madhavan, D. (18 May 2012). "No subway, staircases at Tambaram, Chromepet put commuters at risk". The Times of India . Chennai. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
4. Madhavan, D. (5 December 2011). "402 deaths on suburban tracks in 2011". The Times of India . Chennai. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
5. Madhavan, D. (27 August 2011). "Pedestrians still cross tracks at Tambaram". The Times of India epaper. Chennai: The Times Group. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
6. Swaminathan, T. S. Atul (2 March 2014). "Commuters seek refreshment stalls at Chromepet railway station". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

External links

• Chromepet railway station at Indiarailinfo.org