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: |
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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 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Veppampattu railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Central–Arakkonam 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.
The first lines in the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.[1]
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.
G | North Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
P | FOB, Side platform | P4 – Express 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 | P3 – Express 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 | |
G | South Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |