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: |
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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 |
Mapframe: | yes |
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 Central–Arakkonam 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.
The lines at the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.[2]
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.
G | North Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
P | FOB, Side platform | P1 – Express 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 | P2 – Express 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 5 | Towards → Chennai Central MMC next station is Putlur | |
Platform 6 | Towards → 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|-|}TrafficAs of 2018, the station handles about 100,000 passengers a day.[3] Projects and developmentIt is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[4] See alsoReferences |