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{{Infobox station
| name = Chennai Park
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Chennai Park railway station View1.jpg
| image_caption = Chennai Park railway station (a view towards east)
| address = [[National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)|NH 4]], Periyamet, [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|13|4|49|N|80|16|22|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[South Line, Chennai Suburban|South]] and [[South West Line, Chennai Suburban|South West]] lines of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| platform = 3
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 3
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = MPK
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| former = South Indian Railway
| passengers = 440,000/day (as per 2012)
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers =
| services =
| map_type = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
| map_caption = Location in Chennai##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India
}}

'''Chennai Park railway station''' is one of the railway stations in [[Chennai]], [[India]], on the [[Chennai Beach]]–[[Chengalpattu|Chengelpet]] section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. It serves the neighbourhood of [[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]], a suburb of [[Chennai]]. It is located at about 3 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated on [[Poonamallee High Road]], across [[Chennai Central]] railway station. It has an elevation of 7 m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].

==History==
[[File:Chennai Park railway station View2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A suburban train to Chennai Beach arriving on Platform 1 at the station]]
The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.<ref name="IRFCA_ElectricTraction1">{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| author-link =
| title = Electric Traction - I
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| date =
| url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol
| format =
| doi =
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref> The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification">{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| author-link =
| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004
| work = History of Electrification
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| date =
| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html
| doi =
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref>

==Traffic==
As of 2012, the station handles about 440,000 passengers a day.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Ayyappan
| first = V
| title = Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 17 May 2012
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2012/05/17&ID=Ar00200
| access-date = 15 Nov 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/chennai-park-mpk/6880 Chennai Park railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com]
* [http://erail.in/ChennaiSubUrbanTrains.htm# Local Train timings from/to Chennai Park]

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[[Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1931]]

Chennai Park railway station - Revision history

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