Perambur Carriage Works railway station

Perambur Carriage Works railway station
Perambur Carriage Works railway station
General information
Coordinates	13.107300°N 80.238900°E / 13.107300; 80.238900
System	Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	PCW
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	29 November 1979
Former names	Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Perambur Loco Works towards Arakkonam Junction West Line Perambur towards Chennai Central MMC
Route map Chennai Central MMC — Jolarpet 213 Jolarpettai Junction 206 Kettandapatti 202 Vaniyambadi Kettandapatti Block Hut 198 Vaniyambadi 193 Vinnamangalam Vaniyambadi Block Hut 189 Vinnamangalam 186 Ambur Vaniyambadi Block Hut 182 Ambur 176 Pachchakuppam 170 Melpadi 164 Valathoor 159 Mel-Alattur 154 Gudiyattam 148 Kavanoor 143 Virinchipuram 137 Latteri West South Line 129 Katpadi Junction 124 Seevur 118 Thiruvalam 112 Mukundarayapuram 105 Walajah Road 98 Marudhalam 94 Thalangai 90 Sholinghur 86 Mahendravady 80 Anavardhikhanpettai 76 Chitteri Melpakam West North Line South West Line 69 Arakkonam Junction Puliyamangalam Level Crossing Mosur Mosur Level Crossing Thiruvalangadu Rd 58 Thiruvalangadu Level Crossing Thakkolam Rd 54 Manavur Kosasthalaiyar River Level Crossing Panambakkam Senji Panambakkam Kadambattur Level Crossing Egattur 45 Egattur Level Crossing Tiruvallur 42 Tiruvallur Puttlur 36 Sevvapet Road Level Crossing Veppampattu 2 32 Veppampattu Level Crossing Veppampattu 1 29 Thiruninravur 26 Nemilichery 29 Pattabiram East Depot 28 Pattabiram West 25 Pattabiram 24 Hindu College 21 Avadi Red Line Level Crossing 7 - Avadi 18 Annanur 17 Thirumullaivoyal 15 Ambattur Red Line Level Crossing 6 - Ambattur 14 Pattaravakkam 12 Korattur ICF Furnishing Factory 13 Anna Nagar West 12 Padi 9 Villivakkam Red Line 8 Perambur Loco Works 6 Perambur Carriage Works 5 Perambur Purple Line 4 Vyasarpadi Jeeva North Line to Chennai Beach 2 Basin Bridge 0 Chennai Central MMC Blue Line Green Line
Location

Perambur Carriage Works railway station is a suburban railway station less than a kilometre from the Perambur railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The station has an elevation of 7.16 m above sea level. Mainly POH and IOH of all type of passenger coaches are undertaken here. The railway department has many facilities around this station, including a school (Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School), and an indoor sporting facility (Railway Stadium).

History

A view of the station towards east

Perambur Carriage Works is one of the three railway workshops serving Indian Railways' Southern Railway zone (the other two being the Perambur Loco Works in Chennai and the Golden Rock Railway Workshop at Tiruchi). Perambur region, which has been a part of the Chennai city since the mid-18th century, is home to the Southern Railway's workshop, which was established in 1856 to serve the erstwhile Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company. A combined locomotive, carriage and wagon POH, and coach-building workshop, it was bifurcated, in 1932, to deal with carriage and wagon POH activity only, shifting the locomotive overhaul activity to the new Loco workshop built adjacent to the original workshop. Perambur Carriage Works station was built along with the Perambur Loco Works station to serve these two workshops. The workshops, along with other assets, came under the Southern Railway with its formation in 1951, integrating the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company (Madras), the Southern Mahratta Railway Company, and Mysore State Railway.

The lines at the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.

Developments

Perambur Carriage Works is one of the railway stations in the Chennai Suburban Railway network that are being developed as Adarsh stations.

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Integral Coach Factory
• Regional Railway Museum
• Railway stations in Chennai

External links

• Geohack