Chennai Fort Railway Station
Chennai Fort (formerly known as Madras Fort) (station code: MSF) is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line from Chennai Beach to Velachery.
History
The station is named after Fort St. George, which it serves. Madras Dental College is located opposite the station, adjoining Madras Medical College Men's Hotel and Nursing College. The Madras Medical College is a few hundred metres away. The station consists of 260 sq m of open parking area.
The station
Platforms
There are a total of 5 platforms and 5 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, FOB & ticket counter |
| P | Platform 1 | Towards → Chennai Beach |
| FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the right | P2 Doors will open on the right (Platform Numbers 1 and 2 run by South Line under Chennai Suburban Railway) | ||
| Platform 2 | Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn next station is Chennai Park | |
| Platform 3 | (Platform Number 3 Not in Operation) | |
| FOB, Island platform | P3 (Not in operation) | P4 Doors will open on the left (Platform Numbers 4 and 5 run by Chennai MRTS) | ||
| Platform 4 | Towards → Chennai Beach | |
| Platform 5 | Towards ← Velachery next station is Chennai Park Town (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| FOB, Side platform | P5 Doors will open on the left | ||
| P | ||
Gallery
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Eastern view of the MRTS platform at the station -
Tracks heading towards Chennai Beach as seen from the footbridge at Fort station. The 3 tracks on the left are usually used by Beach–Tambaram/Chengalpet/Tirumalpur suburban trains and Express trains. The 2 tracks on the right are usually used by MRTS trains that ply between Chennai Beach and Velachery -
EVR Periyar Salai, an arterial road, begins near Fort station -
A view of the MRTS platform and the footbridge at the Fort railway station
