Veppampattu railway station explained

Veppampattu
Type: Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Veppampattu, Chennai, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:13.1253°N 79.9978°W
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. FF3210
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Map State:collapsed
Line:West, West North and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Structure:Standard on-ground station
Platform:3
Tracks:4
Parking:Available
Electrified:29 November 1979
Code:VEU
Owned:Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Zone:Southern Railways
Former:South Indian Railway
Passengers:10,000/day
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Veppampattu railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai CentralArakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Veppampattu, a suburb of Chennai located 32 km west of Chennai Central. It has an elevation of 39 m above sea level. Veppampattu is one of the fastest developing suburban areas in Chennai.

History

The first lines in the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.[1]

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.

Station layout

GNorth Entrance Street levelExit/Entrance & ticket counter
PFOB, Side platform | P4Express Lines|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 4| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards → MGR Chennai Central|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 3| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Towards ← Arakkonam Junction / Jolarpettai Junction|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3Express Lines|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 2| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards → Chennai Central MMC next station is Thiruninravur|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 1| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards ← Arakkonam Junction next station is Sevvapet Road|-| colspan="2" width="100" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" align="center" |FOB, Side platform | P1 Doors will open on the left
GSouth Entrance Street levelExit/Entrance & ticket counter

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 . History of Electrification . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.