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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Basin Bridge Junction<br />
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = View of BBQ junction.JPG<br />
| image_caption = View of Basin Bridge railway junction<br />
| address = [[Basin Bridge]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|13.10230|N|80.27143|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| line = [[West Line, Chennai Suburban|West]], [[West North Line, Chennai Suburban|North West]] and [[West South Line, Chennai Suburban|West South]] lines of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]].<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on-ground station<br />
| platform = 7<br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = <br />
| tracks = 8<br />
| parking = Available<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = <br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 13 April 1979<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification"/><br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = BBQ<br />
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]<br />
| former = South Indian Railway<br />
| passengers = 10,000/day<ref name="TOI_GoNorthwestBut"/><br />
| pass_year = 2013<br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| mpassengers = <br />
| services = <br />
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}}<br />
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'''Basin Bridge Junction''' is a station on the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and serves the locality of [[Basin Bridge]], the confluence on the [[Otteri Nullah]] and [[Buckingham Canal]], in [[Chennai]], India. The station is located at the southern end of the 'diamond' junction in Chennai, where all the lines of the Chennai Suburban Railway meet. It is the first station after [[Chennai Central]]. At this station, the line divides into three: one going towards [[Avadi]] and [[Arakkonam]], the other towards [[Ennore]] and [[Gummidipoondi]], and the third towards [[Chennai Beach]] and [[Chennai Egmore]]. Thus, the station acts as the entry point to Chennai Central terminus where inbound trains from all the three lines are stopped before assigning a platform at Chennai Central. It also contains a railway maintenance shed with 19 pit-lines, each measuring 3-ft deep to accommodate about 24 coaches. The station has an elevation of 7&nbsp;m above [[mean sea level|sea level]].<br />
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[[GMR Vasavi Diesel Power Plant]], which has now been dismantled, is situated on the side of Basin bridge opposite to the railway station. Diesel pipes are laid from [[Chennai Port]] to Basin Bridge for fuel power of the plant. The [[Madras Boating Club]] operates rowing events in this neighbourhood.<br />
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==History==<br />
The lines at the station were electrified in 1979. On 13 April 1979, the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section was electrified and on 9 August 1979, the Basin Bridge–Chennai Beach section was electrified. On 29 November 1979, the lines on Chennai Central–Tiruvallur were electrified. The stabling and inspection lines at the station were electrified on 24 December 1979. The additional line between Basin Bridge and Vyasarpadi was electrified on 31 December 1985.<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification">{{cite web<br />
| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 <br />
| work = History of Electrification <br />
| publisher = IRFCA.org <br />
| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html<br />
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Traffic==<br />
As of 2013, the station handles about 10,000 passengers a day.<ref name="TOI_GoNorthwestBut">{{cite news <br />
| title = Go northwest, but don't take a train <br />
| newspaper = The Times of India <br />
| location = Chennai <br />
| publisher = The Times Group <br />
| date = 27 April 2013 <br />
| 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<br />
| 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<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 30 June 2013<br />
| access-date = 28 Apr 2013 <br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Connectivity==<br />
===Road transport===<br />
The station is connected by roads to and from the following areas:<br />
*[[Vallalar Nagar]] (also known as Mint), [[Washermenpet]], [[Tiruvottiyur]]<br />
*[[Stanley Hospital, Chennai|Stanley Government Hospital]], [[Royapuram]], [[Mannadi]]<br />
*[[Mint Street, Chennai|Mint Street]], [[Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital]]<br />
*[[Wall Tax Road, Chennai|Wall Tax Road]], [[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]], [[Sowcarpet]], [[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]<br />
*[[Vyasarpadi]] (Vyaasarpaadi), [[MKB Nagar]], [[KKD Nagar]]<br />
*[[Pulianthope]], [[Otteri]], [[Ayanavaram]]<br />
*[[Jamalia]], [[Perambur]]<br />
*[[Choolai]], [[Vepery]], [[Doveton]], [[Purasawalkam]]<br />
*[[Periamet]], [[Chennai Central railway station]]<br />
*[[Korukkupet]], [[Tondiarpet]]<br />
*[[Elephant Gate]]<br />
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==Security==<br />
The station is covered by the {{INR}} 400-million Integrated Security Surveillance System (ISSS) project implemented in 2012. The project, implemented jointly by the Southern Railways and HCL Infosystems, includes installation of CCTV cameras that would record visuals around the clock and store the data for 30 days, with the footage transmitted and stored using an Internet Protocol system.<ref name="IBNLive_CCTVSurveillance">{{cite news <br />
| title = Chennai: Suburban railway stations to come under CCTV surveillance <br />
| newspaper = IBN Live <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| publisher = The New Indian Express <br />
| date = 18 July 2012 <br />
| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-suburban-railway-stations-to-come-under-cctv-surveillance/272054-62-130.html<br />
| 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<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 11 November 2013<br />
| access-date = 14 Jan 2014}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br />
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, North|Basin Bridge|Chennai Central|Korukkupet|2|2.22}}<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West|Basin Bridge|Chennai Central|Vyasarpadi Cabin|2|2.22}}<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West North|Basin Bridge|Chennai Central|Vyasarpadi Cabin|2|2.22}}<br />
{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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