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{{Short description|Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Basin Bridge Junction
| type = {{ubl |[[Indian Railways]] |[[Chennai Suburban Railway]]}}
| style = Indian Railways
| image = View of BBQ junction.JPG
| image_caption = View of Basin Bridge railway junction
| address = [[Pulianthope]], Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{Coord|13.10230|N|80.27143|E|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{ubl |[[Chennai Central–Bangalore City line|Chennai–Bengaluru]] |[[Howrah–Chennai main line|Chennai–Howrah]] |[[Mumbai–Chennai line|Chennai–Mumbai]] |[[New Delhi–Chennai main line|Chennai–New Delhi]]}}
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| platform = 7
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 8
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 13 April 1979<ref>{{cite web|title=IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004|url=http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|work=IRFCA|access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref>
| accessible =
| code = BBQ
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| former = South Indian Railway
| passengers = 10,000/day
<ref>{{cite news
| title = Go northwest, but don't take a train
| work = [[The Times of India]]
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 27 April 2013
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/04/27&ID=Ar00600
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130630104528/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/04/27&ID=Ar00600
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 30 June 2013
| access-date = 28 April 2013
}}</ref>
| pass_year = 2013
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers =
| services =
| map_locator =
}}

'''Basin Bridge Junction''' is a [[Railway stations in Chennai|railway station]] in [[Chennai]], India. It comes under the purview of the [[Chennai railway division]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Railway List of Stations |url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf |publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems |access-date=23 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=1 |date=1 April 2023}}</ref> It is the first station on the lines originating from [[Chennai Central railway station|Chennai Central]], and as Central is a [[terminal station]], the various lines branch out from the nearby Basin Bridge station.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vydhianathan |first=S. |title=Second terminal at Chennai Central proposed |date=26 October 2004 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/26/stories/2004102610770100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041201070212/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/26/stories/2004102610770100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref> It is located at [[Pulianthope]] near the confluence on the [[Otteri Nullah]] and [[Buckingham Canal]].

A coach maintenance depot and train care centre is located close to the station. It is the largest train care centre under the Southern Railway, and is equipped with 14 pit lines including two lines to accommodate 24-coach trains, and the rest designed to park 18-coach trains.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=[[Southern Railway zone]] |url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,374,492,494 |access-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424084130/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C304%2C374%2C492%2C494 |archive-date=24 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ayyappan |first=V. |title=Railway staff battle muck, indifference |date=9 July 2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/chennai/32603604_1_basin-bridge-special-trains-pit-lines |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103092906/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/chennai/32603604_1_basin-bridge-special-trains-pit-lines |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Train care centre in Chennai needs thorough overhaul |date=31 July 2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-31/chennai/32961094_1_southern-railway-pit-lines-train |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103104648/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-31/chennai/32961094_1_southern-railway-pit-lines-train |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref> It also has a trip shed for housing [[electric locomotives]], located to the north of the train care centre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Saqaf |first=Syed Muthahar |author2=R. Rajaram |title=Electric locomotive trip shed at Tiruchi junction |location=Chennai |date=23 August 2010 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/23/stories/2010082355420600.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827215427/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/23/stories/2010082355420600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref>

The station is covered by an Integrated Security Surveillance System project implemented in 2012.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Chennai: Suburban railway stations to come under CCTV surveillance
| work= [[The New Indian Express]]
| date = 18 July 2012
| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-suburban-railway-stations-to-come-under-cctv-surveillance/272054-62-130.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131111231320/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-suburban-railway-stations-to-come-under-cctv-surveillance/272054-62-130.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 11 November 2013
| access-date = 14 January 2014}}</ref>

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==References==
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, North|Basin Bridge|Chennai Central|Korukkupet|2|2.22}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West|Basin Bridge|Chennai Central|Vyasarpadi Cabin|2|2.22}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West North|Basin Bridge|Chennai Central|Vyasarpadi Cabin|2|2.22}}
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[[Category:Chennai Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
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Basin Bridge Junction railway station - Revision history

EmanuelNathan at 08:34, 6 February 2026