Tiruvallur railway station explained

Tiruvallur
Type: Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:13.1164°N 79.9144°W
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. FF3210
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Map State:collapsed
Line:West, West North and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Mumbai–Chennai line
Structure:Standard on-ground station
Platform:6
Tracks:6
Parking:Available
Electrified:29 November 1979
Code:TRL
Owned:Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Zone:Southern Railways
Former:South Indian Railway
Passengers:100,000 (per day)
Pass Year:2018
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Tiruvallur railway station (station code: TRL[1]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai CentralArakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is one of the terminal and oldest stations in the network where some of the suburban trains originate and terminate. It serves the neighbourhood of Tiruvallur, a suburb of Chennai, and is located 41 km west of the Chennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 47.46 m above sea level.

History

The lines at the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.[2]

The station

Platforms

There are a total of 6 platforms and 6 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train.

Station layout

GNorth Entrance Street levelExit/Entrance & ticket counter
PFOB, Side platform | P1Express Lines|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 1| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards → MGR Chennai Central|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 2| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Towards ← Arakkonam Junction / Jolarpettai Junction|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P2Express Lines | P3 Doors will open on the left|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 3| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards → Chennai Central MMC next station is Putlur|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 4| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards ← Arakkonam Junction next station is Egattur Halt|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P4 & P5 Doors will open on the left
Platform 5Towards → Chennai Central MMC next station is Putlur
Platform 6Towards → Chennai Central MMC next station is Putlur
FOB, Side platform | P6 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|-|}

Traffic

As of 2018, the station handles about 100,000 passengers a day.[3]

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[4]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE) . Portal of Indian Railways . Centre For Railway Information Systems . 23 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240323095403/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf . 23 March 2024 . 1 . PDF . 1 April 2023.
  2. Web site: IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 . History of Electrification . IRFCA.org . 17 Nov 2012.
  3. News: Go northwest, but don't take a train . The Times of India . Chennai . The Times Group . 27 April 2013 . https://archive.today/20130630104528/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/04/27&ID=Ar00600 . dead . 30 June 2013 . 28 Apr 2013.
  4. News: AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS . 6 April 2024 . Press Information Bureau . 10 Feb 2023 . New Delhi.