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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Kodambakkam-கோடம்பாக்கம் <br />
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Kodambakkam Railway Station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Kodambakkam railway station<br />
| address = <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0520|N|80.2307|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| line = [[South Line, Chennai Suburban|South]] and [[South West Line, Chennai Suburban|South West]] lines of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on-ground station<br />
| platform = <br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = <br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = Available<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = Early 1900s<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1931<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = <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 = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| mpassengers = <br />
| services = <br />
| map_type = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Chennai##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kodambakkam Railway Station''' is a railway station on the [[Chennai Beach]]–[[Chengalpattu]] section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. It serves the neighbourhood of [[Kodambakkam]], [[Vadapalani]], and [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]]. The railway station was already in existence when the [[Chennai Egmore]]-[[Kanchipuram]] suburban railway was opened in 1911.<br />
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==History==<br />
The station lies in the Chennai Beach–[[Tambaram]] section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. 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&nbsp;kV&nbsp;DC.<ref name="IRFCA_ElectricTraction1">{{cite web<br />
| title = Electric Traction - I<br />
| publisher = IRFCA.org<br />
| url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol<br />
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref> The section was converted to 25&nbsp;kV&nbsp;AC traction on 15 January 1967.<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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==Gallery==<br />
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ChennaiSuburbanRailway Kodambakkam.jpg|Kodambakkam station<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br />
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South West|Kodambakkam|Nungambakkam|Mambalam|7|9.68}}<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South|Kodambakkam|Nungambakkam|Mambalam|7|9.68}}<br />
{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]<br />
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