Chennai Egmore is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai, South India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains connecting Chennai and southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.This is one of the two main railway terminals in the city along with Chennai Central, which serves the north and west bound trains from the city. However, some trains to the north-east and eastern parts of the country also start from/pass through here, though the number is much fewer than the ones from Chennai Central. The Chennai Beach—Tambaram suburban railway line also passes through the station. The building of the railway station with decorative domes is one of the prominent landmarks of Chennai. This station is known in Tamil as Ezhumbur.Over 75% of the trains starting from Chennai Egmore station pass through Trichy at different times.

Unlike Central, Egmore has a platform which allows vehicles to be driven up almost to the train--to allow for easy loading/unloading of baggage and passengers.

Trains

Trains originating from Chennai Egmore

• Chennai Egmore-Trichy(Tiruchirappalli)-Pallavan Express
• Chennai Egmore-Trichy(Tiruchirappalli)-Rockfort Express(Trichy-Kumbakonam as Rockfort Link Express)
• Chennai Egmore-Kanyakumari-Kanyakumari Express
• Chennai Egmore-Thiruvananthapuram-Ananthapuri Express
• Chennai Egmore-Tuticorin-Pearl City Express
• Chennai Egmore-Dibrugarh Express
• Chennai Egmore-Guwahati Express
• Chennai Egmore-Madurai-Vaigai express
• Chennai Egmore-Madurai-Pandian Express
• Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli-Nellai Express
• Chennai Egmore-Mangalore-MS Mangalore Express
• Chennai Egmore-Guruvayur-Kudal Express
• Chennai Egmore-Kacheguda Express
• Chennai Egmore-Jodhpur Express
• Chennai Egmore-Sengottai-Podhigai Express
• Chennai Egmore-Pondicherry Express
• Chennai Egmore-Dadar Express
• Chennai Egmore-Salem Express
• Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Express via Mayiladudurai *
• Chennai Egmore-Trichy(Tiruchirapalli) Express via Mayiladudurai*
• Chennai Egmore-Tiruchendur Express*

Note: * represents the train which is going to starting soon

Front View of Chennai Egmore Railway Station

Trains passing through Chennai Egmore

• Trichy(Tiruchirapalli)-Howrah Express
• Kanyakumari-Howrah Cape Howrah Express
• Madurai-Hazrat Nizamuddin Tamilnadu Sampark Kranti Express
• Kanyakumari-Hazrat Nizamuddin Thirukkural Express
• Pondicherry-Bhubaneswar Express
• Rameswaram-Varanasi Express *

Note: * represents the train which is going to starting soon

Layout

Egmore station has 10 platforms. Pf 1, 2 and 3 are on the Eastern side. They are relatively short in length. Pf 4 is the main platform leading to the portico. Platforms 4, 5, 6 and 7 lie under the dome. Pf 8 and 9 are under construction. These platforms are the ones that handled the erstwhile MG EMUs. Pf 10 and 11 are newly constructed ones that are handling BG EMUs.

See also

• Railway station layout
• Train Timings
• Egmore Train Station
• Train Arrivals at Egmore
• Satellite View of Egmore