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Kodambakkam Railway Station is a railway station on the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Kodambakkam, Vadapalani, and Ashok Nagar. The railway station was already in existence when the Chennai Egmore-Kanchipuram suburban railway was opened in 1911.

Kodambakkam
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Kodambakkam railway station
General information
Coordinates	13.0520°N 80.2307°E / 13.0520; 80.2307
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	Available
Other information
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	Early 1900s
Electrified	1931
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Location
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History

The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[2]

Gallery

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  Kodambakkam station

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

References

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