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{{Short description|Railway station in Chennai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Annanur
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] and [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] station
| image = Annanur Station, Chennai, View 1.jpg
| image_caption = Annanur railway station
| address = [[Annanur]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord |13|6|59|N|80|7|38|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN-TN|display=inline}}
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #FF3210
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| map_state = collapsed
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| line = [[West Line, Chennai Suburban|West]], [[West North Line, Chennai Suburban|West North]] and [[West South Line, Chennai Suburban|West South]] lines of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
| platform = 2
| tracks = 4
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| depth =
| levels =
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| accessible =
| code = ANNR
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 29 November 1979<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification"/>
| former = South Indian Railway
| mpassengers =
| passengers = 20,000/day<ref name="AmbTalk_AnnanurSeeksAttention"/>
| pass_system =
| pass_year = 2016
| pass_percent =
| services = {{adjacent stations|system1=Chennai Suburban|line1=West|left1=Avadi|to-left=Arakkonam Junction|right1=Thirumullaivoyal|to-right1=Chennai Central MMC}}
| route_map = {{West Line, Chennai Suburban}}
| mapframe = yes
}}

'''Annanur railway station''' is one of the railway stations of the [[Chennai Central]]–[[Arakkonam]] section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. Located about 18 km from [[Chennai Central|Chennai Central railway station]], the station serves the neighbourhood of [[Annanur]], which is pronounced as 'Annanoor', a suburb of [[Chennai]] located west of the city centre. It has an elevation of 24.28 m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]]. The station also has an EMU car shed complex located on the southern side.

==History==
The first lines in the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section. Additional lines at the station were electrified on 2 October 1986, with the electrification of the Villivakkam–Avadi section.<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification">{{cite web
| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004
| work = History of Electrification
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html
| access-date = 17 November 2012}}</ref>

==Layout==
The station has four tracks and two platforms—a [[side platform]] and an [[island platform]]. The island platform houses the ticket counter. Unlike most other suburban stations on the network, the station lack several basic passenger amenities such as macadamised road leading to the neighbourhoods. A new footover bridge (FOB) has been constructed and now in use since May 2023. But the passengers are put to hardship as all the direct approaches to the platform has been blocked due to the running of high speed train on this route.Old people and people with luggage find it very difficult. <ref>{{Seen and experienced by self.}
| last = Hemalatha
| first = Karthikeyan
| title = Annanur residents tread on slushy no-man's road
| location = Chennai
| date = 16 August 2011
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-16/chennai/29892090_1_avadi-main-road-residents
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103231503/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-16/chennai/29892090_1_avadi-main-road-residents
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 3 January 2013
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 2 September 2012}}</ref>

=== Station layout ===
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0"
| valign="top" width="50" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''G'''
| valign="top" width="100" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |North Entrance Street level
| valign="top" width="390" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance, [[Footbridge#Railways|FOB]] & ticket counter
|-
| rowspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="center" |'''P'''
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Track 4'''
| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards → [[Chennai Central railway station|MGR Chennai Central]]
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 3px black;" |'''Track 3'''
| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 3px black;" |Towards ← [[Arakkonam Junction railway station|Arakkonam Junction]] / [[Jolarpettai Junction railway station|Jolarpettai Junction]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Foot overbridge|FOB]], [[Island platform]]<nowiki> | </nowiki>'''P2'''<nowiki> Doors will open on the left | </nowiki>'''T3 & T4''' – '''''Express Lines'''''
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Platform 2'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards → [[Moore Market Complex railway station|Chennai Central MMC]] next station is [[Thirumullaivoyal railway station|Thirumullaivoyal]]
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |'''Platform 1'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards ← [[Arakkonam Junction railway station|Arakkonam Junction]] next station is [[Avadi railway station|Avadi]]
|-
| colspan="2" width="100" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" align="center" |[[Foot overbridge|FOB]], [[Side platform]]<nowiki> | </nowiki>'''P1''' Doors will open on the left
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''G'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |South Entrance Street level
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
|-
|}

==Traffic==
As of 2016, the railway station serves around 20,000 passengers every day.<ref name="AmbTalk_AnnanurSeeksAttention">{{Cite news
| title = Annanur Seeks Attention
| newspaper = Ambattur Talk
| location = Chennai
| pages = 8
| date = 17–23 July 2016
}}</ref>

==Road overbridge==
In 2012, the state government approved the construction of a {{cvt|200|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} two-lane road overbridge meant for two-wheelers and cars at a cost of {{INR}} 240 million.<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Madhavan
| first = D.
| title = ROB project yet to start at Annanoor station
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = DownTown (pp. 1, 7)
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 27 July 2018
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/rob-project-yet-to-start-at-annanoor-station/article24532058.ece
| access-date = 27 July 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/annanur-annr/7666 Annanur station at Indiarailinfo.com]

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[[Category:Chennai Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Tiruvallur district]]

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