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{{Infobox station
| name = Meenambakkam-மீனம்பாக்கம்
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Meenambakkam Railway Station.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = [[Grand Southern Trunk Road]], [[Meenambakkam]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|12.9906|N|80.1881|E|source:wikidata|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 = 4
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 4
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = MN
| 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
}}

'''Meenambakkam Railway Station''' is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpet section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. It serves the neighbourhood of [[Meenambakkam]], a suburb of [[Chennai]]. It is situated at Grand Trunk Road across [[Chennai International Airport]] Cargo Terminal, with an elevation of {{cvt|18|m}} above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].<ref>[http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/guindy-gdy/4866 India rail Info]</ref>

==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 =
| 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 =
| 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}}

==External links==
* [http://erail.in/ChennaiSubUrbanTrains.htm# Local Train timings from/to Meenambakkam]

{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South West|Meenambakkam|Palavanthangal|Tirusulam|13|20.04}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, South|Meenambakkam|Palavanthangal|Tirusulam|13|20.04}}

[[Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kanchipuram district]]

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