Paranur railway station

Paranur
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Paranur railway station platform
General information
Location	GST Road, Paranur, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	12°43′51″N79°59′2″E / 12.73083°N 79.98389°E / 12.73083; 79.98389
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	PWU
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	1965 [1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Singaperumal Koil towards Tambaram or Chennai Beach South Line Chengalpattu Junction 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 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 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

Paranur railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is situated at a distance of 55 km south of Chennai Beach terminus and has an elevation of 42 m above sea level. It serves the neighbourhood of Paranur and the Mahindra World City at New Chennai.

The station is noted for its maintenance by a public–private partnership between Mahindra World City Developers (MWCD) and the Indian Railways, reportedly the first of its kind in the country. MWCD gave the station a makeover after Mahindra World City, an integrated business zone, was developed in the neighbourhood. ^[2]

History

View of the passenger shelter at the platform

Entrance to the station

The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965. On 15 January 1967, all the lines were converted to 25 kV AC. ^[1]

The station

MWCD developed the station at a cost of ₹ 15 million. It also maintains the station. The project includes building and maintenance of the main structure including the ticket counter, waiting room and toilets, fountains, platforms, foot over-bridge, and landscaped stretches of land around the station and near the tracks. ^[2]

The station was designed by Sheila Sri Prakash of Shilpa Architects.

Platforms

There are a total of 3 platforms and 3 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
P	FOB , Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach Next Station: Singaperumal Koil
	Platform 2	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach
	FOB , Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left | P1 & P2 -(Express Lines)
	Platform 1	Towards ← Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Chengalpattu Junction
	FOB , Side platform | P1 Doors will open on the left
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter

Traffic

The station serves around 20,000 commuters every day. About 40 percent of MWCD's workforce uses the station. ^[2]

See also

• India portal

• Railway stations in Chennai
• Chennai Suburban Railway

References

1. "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
2. Frederick, Prince (15 July 2012). "On the right track". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

External links

• Paranur railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com
• Project details of Paranur railway station