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Paranur
Paranur
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
	Paranur railway station platform
General information
Location	GST Road, Paranur, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu; India
Coordinates	12°43′51″N 79°59′2″E / 12.73083°N 79.98389°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	PWU
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	1965
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
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Location

Paranur railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is situated at a distance of 55 km south of Chennai Beach terminus and has an elevation of 42 m above sea level. It serves the neighbourhood of Paranur and the Mahindra World City at New Chennai.

The station is noted for its maintenance by a public–private partnership between Mahindra World City Developers (MWCD) and the Indian Railways, reportedly the first of its kind in the country. MWCD gave the station a makeover after Mahindra World City, an integrated business zone, was developed in the neighbourhood.^[2]

History

The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965. On 15 January 1967, all the lines were converted to 25 kV AC.^[1]

The station

MWCD developed the station at a cost of ₹ 15 million. It also maintains the station. The project includes building and maintenance of the main structure including the ticket counter, waiting room and toilets, fountains, platforms, foot over-bridge, and landscaped stretches of land around the station and near the tracks.^[2]

The station was designed by Sheila Sri Prakash of Shilpa Architects.

Platforms

There are a total of 3 platforms and 3 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P	FOB, Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach Next Station: Singaperumal Koil
	Platform 2	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach
	FOB, Island platform \| P1 Doors will open on the left \| P1 & P2 - (Express Lines)
	Platform 1	Towards ← Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Chengalpattu Junction
	FOB, Side platform \| P1 Doors will open on the left
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter

Traffic

The station serves around 20,000 commuters every day. About 40 percent of MWCD's workforce uses the station.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Frederick, Prince (15 July 2012). "On the right track". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 25 August 2013.