Chennai Central railway station
Traffic
Traffic
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On an average, 89 trains are operated daily from the station of which 12 have 24 coaches. About 400 trains arrive and depart at the station daily, including about 86 pairs of mail/express trains, in addition to 857 suburban trains handled by the five platforms at the station's [suburban terminus](/wiki/Moore_Market "Moore Market"). About 400,000 passengers use the terminus every day, in addition to 20,000 visitors accompanying them to see\-off or receive them, generating a revenue of  as of 2012–2013, making it the top revenue\-generating station of the Southern Railway. There is likely to be around  passengers in the station at a given point. As of 2015–16, the main station alone (excluding the suburban station) has an average passenger footfall of 95,560 per day. Passenger earnings in the same period amounted to  8947\.4 million. The station managed 491 trains a day. It has been projected that the number of passengers using the main station per day in the next 40 years will be 650,000\.

The terminus also faces traffic problems. Often, express trains and EMU services that arrive at the Basin Bridge Junction in time have to be detained for non\-availability of platforms at Chennai Central. Blocking of lines is a daily challenge owing to the traffic.


What is the projected number of passengers using the main station per day in the next 40 years?