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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|India}}~~
	* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]		* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
	* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]		* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Guindy-கிண்டி
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Guindy 2006 03 01.jpg
| image_caption = Guindy railway station
| address = [[Anna Salai]], Race View Colony, SIDCO Industrial Estate, [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|13|0|31|N|80|12|47|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[South Line, Chennai Suburban|South]] and [[South West Line, Chennai Suburban|South West]] lines of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| platform = 4
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 4
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = GDY
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| former = South Indian Railway
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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| map_type = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
| map_caption = Location in Chennai##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India
}}

'''Guindy 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 [[Guindy]], a suburb of [[Chennai]]. It is located at about 14 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated at NH 45 in [[Anna Salai]], with an elevation of 12 m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].

==History==
With the completion of track-lying work of the [[Chennai Beach]]–[[Tambaram]] section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and the tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.<ref name="IRFCA_ElectricTraction1">{{cite web
| title = Electric Traction - I
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref> The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification">{{cite web
| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004
| work = History of Electrification
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
File:Guindy Railway Station.jpg|Nameboard at the station
File:Guindy railway station.JPG|Express train arriving at the station
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/guindy-gdy/4866 Guindy railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com]
* [http://erail.in/ChennaiSubUrbanTrains.htm# Local Train timings from/to Guindy]

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[[Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1931]]

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