The Chennai Suburban Railway (EMU/local trains) is a suburban rail service operated by the Southern Railway. This railway service covers the city of Chennai (Madras) along with the adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu. It's the 2nd largest suburban rail network after Kolkata, with a route length of 509 km, and the 3rd busiest in terms of passengers after Mumbai and Kolkata. Approximately 1000 EMUs are operated by Chennai Railway on a daily basis between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. They run on separate tracks, as Chennai Suburban Railway has separate tracks for local and mail/express trains. These EMUs run using AC current drawn from overhead cables.
The first Chennai local train was started on April 2, 1931, between Madras Beach and Tambaram.
The classes of travel available on Chennai local trains are unreserved (GN) and first class (FC).
Chennai Local Train runs at an average speed of 50 km/h, and its maximum permissible speed is 100 km/h.
Total 1018 Chennai Suburban Trains are running.
The name, number, and schedule of all popular Chennai Local EMU trains are already mentioned above, so just use the search box to find the desired train. If you want to get route details for any Chennai EMU trains, then click on the train number present in the train list.