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Minjur
Minjur
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Minjur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	13°16′54″N 80°15′36″E / 13.28167°N 80.26000°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	North line of Chennai Suburban Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MJR
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	13 April 1979
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Passengers
2013	20,000

Minjur railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Minjur, a suburb of Chennai, and is located 26 km north of Chennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 8 m above sea level.

History

The lines at the station were electrified on 13 April 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section.^[1]

About 20,000 people uses the station every day.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ Ayyappan, V. (7 May 2013). "Trains late, people backtrack". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2012.