| Korattur | |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Type: | Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station |
| Address: | Korattur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 13.1133°N 80.1842°W |
| Owned: | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
| Line: | West, North West and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway. |
| Platform: | 2 |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
| Parking: | Available |
| Code: | KOTR[1] |
| Zone: | Southern Railways |
| Electrified: | 29 November 1979 |
| Former: | South Indian Railway |
| Passengers: | 43,000 |
| Pass Year: | 2018 |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
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| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
| Map State: | collapsed |
Korattur railway station is a railway station on the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Located 12 km from the main Chennai Central railway station, the station serves the neighbourhoods of Korattur, Kolathur and Padi. It has an elevation of 12.85 m above sea level. It is situated in the western part of Chennai.
The first lines in the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section. Additional lines at the station were electrified on 2 October 1986, with the electrification of the Villivakkam–Avadi section.[2]
The station has four tracks, two exclusively for suburban trains. The suburban tracks are served by a side platform and an island platform. The station's entrance and the ticket counter are located on the side platform. The platforms are connected by means of a footbridge for pedestrians.
| G | North Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P | Track 4 | Towards → MGR Chennai Central |
| Track 3 | Towards ← Arakkonam Junction / Jolarpettai Junction | |
| FOB, Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the right | P3 & P4 – Express Lines | ||
| Platform 2 | Towards → Chennai Central MMC next station is Villivakkam | |
| Platform 1 | Towards ← Arakkonam Junction next station is Pattaravakkam | |
FOB, Side platform | P1 Doors will open on the left|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |G| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |South Entrance Street level| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Exit/Entrance & ticket counter|-|}TrafficOn an average, suburban trains on the western rail route between Chennai Central and Arakkonam make about 260 trips through the station. As of 2018, more than 43,000 passengers board trains at the Korattur railway station every day.[3] The Korattur station chiefly serves college students and industrial workers from the Ambattur Industrial Estate.[4] DevelopmentsA subway to replace level crossing no. 4 at the railway station has been planned at a cost of 112.5 million, for which tenders have been finalised.[5] See alsoExternal links] | ||