Maduranthakam railway station

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Mathuranthakam
மதுராந்தகம்
Indian Railway Station
Location SH 117, Maduranthakam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu[1]
India
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Elevation 31 metres (102 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Southern Railway zone
Line(s) Chennai - Viluppuram line
Platforms 2
Connections Auto rickshaw, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code MMK
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Chennai
Electrified Yes

Maduranthakam railway station is a railway station in Maduranthakam, a municipal town and a taluk headquarters in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. It belongs to the Chennai railway division and is officially coded as MMK. The station is one of the major stations on the South line of the Chennai Suburban Railway and handles both regular and suburban traffic. It is connected to several parts of South India namely Chennai, Thoothukudi, Salem, Puducherry, Thiruvananthapuram etc.

All passenger and local trains have a halt at the station while only a few express trains halt here, with most of the remainder express services halting at Melmaruvathur railway station instead, which is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away and is also within Madurantakam taluk.[2]

Traffic

List of Express trains

No. Train No: Origin Destination Train Name Frequency
1. 16115/16116 Chennai Egmore Puducherry Express Daily
2. 12693/12694 Chennai Egmore Thoothukudi Pearl City Express Daily
3. 16723/16724 Chennai Egmore Thiruvananthapuram Ananthapuri Express Daily

List of Passenger trains

No. Train No: Origin Destination Train Name Frequency
1. 56037/56038 Chennai Egmore Puducherry Passenger Daily
2. 56859/56860 Tambaram Viluppuram Passenger Daily
3. 56041/56042 Tirupati Puducherry Passenger Daily

References

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