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Ranipettai railway station, station code: '''RPT''' (TAMIL: இராணிப்பேட்டை தொடர்வண்டி நிலையம்) is a terminal railway station which falls under the [[Southern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It belongs to chennai division. It is the oldest railway station.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ranipet railway station to hear chugging of trains soon|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/dec/12/ranipet-railway-station-to-hear-chugging-of-trains-soon-2235097.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ranippettai Railway Station Picture & Video Gallery – Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/gallery/videos-pictures-ranippettai-rpt/8987|access-date=2020-12-18|website=India Rail Info}}</ref> It serves the cities of [[Ranipet]], [[Arcot, Tamil Nadu|Arcot]] and [[Walajapet]].
It is constructed under British rule in 1858.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Ranipet railway station gets new lease of life|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ranipet-railway-station-gets-new-lease-of-life-after-25-years/articleshow/80368371.cms|access-date=2021-01-22|website=The Times of India}}</ref> It was constructed as a siding railway station at that time. This railway station is used to transport goods from [[Ranipet|Ranippettai town]] to [[Royapuram railway station]]. Currently this railway station is used as a goods terminal for Ranipettai.

==History==
It is the first train that ran in India. Later India's first passenger train starts running in the year 1853 from Bori Bunder To thane. Now [[Royapuram railway station]] is the oldest surviving railway station in India.

==Current situation==
Train services were stopped in Ranippettai railway station after gauge conversion from metre gauge to broad gauge due to poor patronage.<ref name=":1" /> Plans are there to operate this railway station as a freight terminal due to increasing demands of cargo movement to nearby railway stations around Ranippettai town.<ref name=":0" /> But plans are made by railways to operate this railway station as a goods terminal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ராணிப்பேட்டை ரயில் நிலையத்தில் சென்னை ரயில்வே கூடுதல் பொது மேலாளா் ஆய்வு|url=https://www.dinamani.com/all-editions/edition-chennai/ranipet/2020/nov/05/chennai-railway-additional-general-manager-inspection-at-ranipettai-railway-station-3498343.html|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Dinamani|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rail plan hit by fund crunch|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jan/09/rail-plan-hit-by-fund-crunch-1557675.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ராணிப்பேட்டையில் ரெயில் நிலையம், நடவடிக்கை, முகமதுஜான் எம்.பி,Railway Station, Ranipetta Action, Mohammadan MP|url=http://www.dailythanthi.com/amp/Districts/Chennai/2019/12/13182617/Even-after-the-district-capital-Unopened-railway-station.vpf|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Maalaimalar|language=ta}}</ref> On 20/01/2021 this railway station becomes operational once again by transporting goods from Ranipet railway station to Dwarapudi in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name=":1" /> This railway station became operational after 25 years.

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