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<div>{{Short description|Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Kanchipuram<br />
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] and [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Kanchipuram Railway station.jpeg<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = Konnerikuppam, [[Kanchipuram]], [[Kanchipuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| map_type = Tamil Nadu#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.8484|79.7051|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|85|m}}<br />
| line = <br />
| other = [[Auto rickshaw]] stand<br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 3<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|2004}}<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = CJ<br />
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{abbrlink|MGR Chennai|Chennai railway division}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
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'''Kanchipuram railway station''' (station code: CJ<ref name="stn_code">{{cite web |title=Station Code Index |url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2023-24/Station_Code_Index.pdf |website=Portal of Indian Railways |publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems |access-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216225807/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2023-24/Station_Code_Index.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2024 |page=6 |format=PDF |date=2023–24}}</ref>) is an NSG–4 category [[List of railway stations in India|Indian railway station]] in [[Chennai railway division]] of [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref name="sr_stn">{{cite web |title=SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE) |url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf |website=Portal of Indian Railways |publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems |access-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323095403/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2024 |page=3 |format=PDF |date=1 April 2023}}</ref> It serves as the principal railway station of the temple city of [[Kanchipuram]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The station code can be retraced to a time as early as the 1860s when a 3&nbsp;ft 6in wide gauge line was laid between Arakkonam and Kanchipuram (then known as Conjeevaram – thus CJ) by Indian Tramway Company. Southbound services towards Chengalpattu were then inaugurated, much later in the 1880s, when the Chengalpattu–Walajabad section was commissioned, after which in 1891, Arakkonam–Chengalpattu and Chengalpattu–Arakkonam passenger services began, post conversion of the entire section to broad gauge. Although, the resident folklore of Kanchipuram are more accustomed to calling this station as "New railway station", the station code CJ has been taken from the old railway station, about 1.5&nbsp;km away, that is now referred to as "Kanchipuram East" – CJE.<br />
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==Location and layout==<br />
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Kanchipuram railway station is located at the entrance to the town on the Western banks of the Ponneri Eri. Situated about 2.6 kilometres from the entry arch of Kanchipuram on the Chennai–Bangalore highway, it is in close proximity to the [[Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)|Kanchi Sri Ekambareswarar Temple]] and the nearest airport from here is the [[Chennai International Airport]], located at a distance of 72&nbsp;km from the station.<br />
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The station is on the [[Arakkonam–Chengalpattu branch line]] which is a major route for local and suburban traffic.<br />
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Kanchipuram railway station is one of the stations in the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] on the Chennai Beach–Tambaram—Chengalpattu–kanchipuram–Tirumalpur–Arakkonam route (South-West line) now fully electrified and commissioning as a circular route with two circular service as electric multiple unit running in each direction.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kanchipuram}}<br />
* {{IndiaRailInfo|2655}}<br />
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South West|Kanchipuram|Nathapettai|Tirumalpur|35|95.82}}<br />
{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2004]]<br />
[[Category:Chennai railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Kanchipuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Kanchipuram]]<br />
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