Chintadripet railway station

Chintadripet is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was opened in November 1995. It is built on the bank of Cooum River alongside Arunachala Street, opposite the new secretariat building.^[1] The station will be connected with the Chennai Metro Government Estate station, which is currently under construction.^[2] The station building contains a 1150 square metres parking area in its lower level.^[3]

Chintadripet Chintadripettai
Chennai MRTS station
Chintadripet MRTS Station
General information
Coordinates	13°04′26″N 80°16′26″E
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	1 November 1995
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Chennai Park Town towards Chennai Beach Line 1 Chepauk towards Velachery Line 1 (Future Service) Chepauk towards St. Thomas Mount
Location

Sub-station

In 1998, a traction sub-station was established at the station to cater to the power requirement of MRTS. As per the regulations of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), the minimum monthly charges were to be based on the demand actually recorded in a month or 90 per cent of the contracted demand, whichever was higher. Contracted demand for this sub-station was originally fixed at 5,200 kVA, which was subsequently reduced to 2,500 kVA with effect from February 1999.^[4]

Station layout

Chintadripet track layout
Legend
to Chennai Park Town P2 P1 to Chepauk
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Chennai Park Town
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Chepauk (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Gallery

• 
  Passengers alighting at the station
• 
  A train pulling into the station

Maintenance

In 2010, nearly ₹ 3.4 million was spent on various kinds of maintenance activities at the station. The maintenance and beautification effort was carried out for the occasion of the inaugural function of the new secretariat building.^[1]

See also

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai

References

1. Sreevatsan, Ajai (17 March 2010), "Chintadripet station looks better thanks to free flow of funds", The Hindu, archived from the original on 22 March 2010, retrieved 18 August 2012
2. Meera Srinivasan (27 April 2012). "Witnessing the making of a Metro station". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
3. R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking - Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
4. "Report No.5 of 2006 (Railways)" (PDF). cag.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014.