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{{Infobox station
| name = Chetpet-சேத்துப்பட்டு
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = ChennaiSuburbanRailway Chetput.jpg
| image_caption = Chetpet railway station
| address = McNichols Road, [[Chetpet]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|13|4|27|N|80|14|35|E|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 =
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 4
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 15 November 1931<ref name="IRFCA_ElectricTraction1"/>
| ADA =
| code = MSC
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| former = South Indian Railway
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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| map_type = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
| map_caption = Location in Chennai##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India
}}

'''Chetpet Railway Station''', also spelt as '''Chetput Railway Station''', is one of the railway station of the [[Chennai Beach]]–[[Chengalpattu]] section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. It serves the neighbourhood of [[Chetpet (Chennai)|Chetpet]]. It is situated adjacent to the [[Chetpet lake]] on the southern side, with an elevation of 9 m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].

==History==
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
| work =
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| date =
| url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 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 =
| accessdate = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South West|Chetpet|Chennai Egmore|Nungambakkam|5|6.56}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South|Chetpet|Chennai Egmore|Nungambakkam|5|6.56}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

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

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