North Line, Chennai Suburban

North Line
North Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Chennai (Madras), India
Termini	Chennai Central Moore Market Complex (MMC); Bitragunta (Andhra Pradesh);
Stations	30
Service
Type	Suburban railway
System	Chennai Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	Southern Railway (India)
Daily ridership	120,000
Technical
Line length	210 kilometres (130 mi) ; (82 km Suburban and 128 km MEMU)
Track gauge	Broad Gauge
Operating speed	90 km/h (maximum service speed)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
Chennai Central MMC; — Bitragunta
	South West Line
	South Line

The North Line of the Chennai Suburban Railway is the third-longest suburban rail line in the system, running north from Chennai Central MMC to Bitragunta in Andhra Pradesh. Suburban services terminate at Sullurpeta and MEMU services operate to Bitragunta. As of 2013, more than 100,000 people use trains on the 46-km line between Chennai Central and Gummidipoondi every day, up from less than 80,000 in 2010.^[1] By 2017, this has increased to 120,000 people per day.^[2]

^ Ayyappan, V. (7 May 2013). "Trains late, people backtrack". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference Hindu_PoorPublicTransLeavesOnSlowLane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[TOI_TrainsLatePeopleBacktrack-1] Ayyappan, V. (7 May 2013). "Trains late, people backtrack". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2012.

[Hindu_PoorPublicTransLeavesOnSlowLane-2] Cite error: The named reference Hindu_PoorPublicTransLeavesOnSlowLane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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