Nemilichery 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
Nemilichery,
Thiruninravur
Thirunindravur is a neighbourhood situated on the western part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located around 29 km from Chennai Central railway station. Thirunindravur comes under Chennai Metropolitan Area. The neighbourhood is serv ...
a suburb of
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, and is located 27 km west of Chennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 32.05 m above
sea level
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.
Presently, Nemilichery, with three temporary shelters, is only a halt station and not a full-fledged one. However, all the 71 pairs of slow suburban trains halt at the station.
History
Nemilichery railway station is the newest railway station in the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. With the two nearest railway stations of and on the eastern and western sides, respectively, lying 4.01 km apart, there was a demand for a new railway station in the midst of these two stations, which would benefit more than 100,000 people in the neighbourhood.
gave its in principle approval for the construction of a new railway station in 2002 and the site inspection was carried out by the then minister of state for railways,
A. K. Moorthy, in 2003. The railway station was initially estimated at a cost of 5.8 million, with the Jaya Group of Educational Institutions contributing 2.5 million as public contribution towards the construction. The final cost of construction of the station, however, was about 10 million,
including 3.574 million towards earth work for laying the platform and 3.828 million towards shifting of tracks.
The station was inaugurated on 5 February 2010.
The lines at the station, however, were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.
The subway connecting the two sides of the neighbourhoods was completed by March 2016 and was commissioned to public use on 21 April 2016
Neighbourhoods
The station serves the neighbourhood, including East Thiruninravur, Srinath Nagar, TI Nagar, Gomathi Amman Nagar, Ambal Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Nemilichery, Annambedu, West Thandurai, Abirami Nagar, and Rajankuppam.
See also
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Chennai Suburban Railway
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third ...
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Railway stations in Chennai
References
External links
Nemilichery station at Indiarailinfo.com
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Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway
Railway stations in Chennai
Railway stations in Tiruvallur district