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. The station is connected with the Chennai Metro Government Estate station. The station building contains a 1150 square metres parking area in its lower level. this station acted as a terminal station for few months during the closure of track between Chennai Beach to Chindadripettai section in lieu of the Chennai Beach Chennai Egmore 4th track works. And due to this works, MRTS section temporarily lost it's one track between Chennai Fort and Chennai Beach stations due to the land dispute issue between the Reserve Bank of India and Southern Railways.
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 percent 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.
Station layout
GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1MezzanineFare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machinesL2Side platform | Doors will open on the left Platform 2NorthboundTowards → Next Station: Chennai Park TownPlatform 1Southbound Towards ← St. Thomas MountNext Station: ChepaukSide platform | Doors will open on the left L2
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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.
See also Chennai MRTS Chennai suburban railway Chennai Metro Transport in Chennai
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