Paranur railway station explained

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.

History

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.

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)|-| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 1| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards ← Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Chengalpattu Junction|-|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|FOB, Side platform | P1 Doors will open on the left|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |G| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Street level| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |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 Railway stations in Chennai Chennai Suburban Railway External links Paranur railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com Project details of Paranur railway station ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 . History of Electrification . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.
2. News: Frederick . Prince . On the right track . The Hindu . Chennai . 15 July 2012 . 25 Aug 2013.