Potheri | |
Type: | Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | National Highway 32, Potheri, Chennai Metro, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 12.8217°N 80.0372°W |
Line: | South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway |
Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Elevation: | 45m (148feet) |
Parking: | Not Available |
Code: | POTI |
Owned: | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
Zone: | Southern Railways |
Former: | South Indian Railway |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
Mapframe-Marker-Color: |
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Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Potheri railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Potheri, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at a distance of from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Potheri, with an elevation of above sea level. The station also serves the Livestock Research Station, Kattupakkam and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965, with the electrification of the Tambaram—Chengalpattu section.[1]
There are a total of 3 platforms and 3 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
P | FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
Platform 3 | Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach next station is Guduvancheri | |
Platform 2 | Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach | |
FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left | P1 & P2 - (Express Lines)|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 1| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards ← Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn next station is Kattankulathur|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |G| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Street level| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |Exit/Entrance & ticket counter|-|}See alsoExternal links} |