Nungambakkam
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Nungambakkam railway station
General information
Location	Station View Road, Tiruvenkatapuram, Choolaimedu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	13°03′55″N 80°13′58″E / 13.065363°N 80.232742°E / 13.065363; 80.232742
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	NBK
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	Early 1900s
Electrified	1931
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Location
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Nungambakkam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Nungambakkam, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at about 8 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated at Choolaimedu, with an elevation of 11 m above sea level.

History

Nungambakkam railway station was constructed when the electric suburban railway service was laid between 1928 and 1931.^[1] Before 1923, the stretch between Chetpet and Kodambakkam stations was covered by the Nungambakkam Tank. The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[2]

Safety issues

Despite being one of the busier railway stations within downtown Chennai, the station lacked many safety factors, including lack of a closed-circuit television camera. The murder of Swathy, a 24-year-old computer engineer who was hacked to death by a then unidentified young man in the station premises on the morning of 24 June 2016 in full daylight, received wide media attention and publicity, leading to the public outcry on the safety levels at all suburban stations.^[3][4]