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The Chennai Beach railway presumption has secured the archetypal spot by registering a footfall of 8.15 crore passengers among the suburban railway stations successful and astir the metropolis to stamp the authorization arsenic the nodal transport hub for suburban commuters.
The Beach presumption is from wherever suburban trains are operated to each the 4 sections including Chengalpattu via Tambaram and the Mass Rapid Transit strategy (MRTS) bid services to St. Thomas Mount presumption via Velachery.
The Southern Railway provided the information done the Right to Information Act of 2005 to K. Bhaskar. The Dr. MGR Chennai Central presumption stands archetypal successful the database of railway stations hosting message and explicit trains with a footfall of 7.22 crore, acccording to the information compiled from 157 railway stations for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26.
The combined footfall by including the Moore marketplace analyzable (MMC) from wherever suburban trains connected the westbound and northbound sections are operated, the Central presumption stands astatine 8.45 crore of passengers.
The Tambaram railway presumption being established arsenic the 3rd railway terminal has attracted footfall of 6.11 crore, portion the Egmore railway presumption registered a footfall of 4.13 crore, which is the 2nd railway terminal successful the metropolis and wherever respective trains bound for confederate districts are operated.
The Guindy railway station, being the multi modal transport hub of metro and autobus facilities, recorded footfall of 2.53 crore commuters connected the southbound section. The Velachery railway presumption from wherever MRTS services were operated to Beach clocked 2.13 crore commuters. The MRTS services has been extended to St. Thomas Mount from March 14 this year.
On the westbound section, the Tiruvallur railway station, an important railway presumption for those proceeding to the metropolis from the territory headquarters, clocked 2.74 crore commuters.
Mr. Bhaskar, a erstwhile subordinate of the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee, wanted the railway officials to velocity up the renovation enactment being carried retired nether the Amrit Bharat presumption strategy (ABSS). He besides wanted agelong region trains, including Brindavan express, to beryllium fixed stoppages arsenic residents from Tiruvallur and adjacent areas person to proceed each the mode Central presumption to committee the message and explicit trains.
