Tiruvottiyur | |
Type: | Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates: | 13.1592°N 80.2961°W |
Map Type: | India#India Tamil Nadu |
Line: | North line of Chennai Suburban Railway |
Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | 5 |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | available |
Status: | Active |
Electrified: | 13 April 1979 |
Code: | TVT |
Owned: | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
Zone: | Southern Railways |
Former: | South Indian Railway |
Passengers: | 25,000 |
Pass Year: | 2013 |
Tiruvottiyur railway station is one of the railway station of the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Tiruvottiyur, a suburb of Chennai, and is located 9 km north of Chennai Central railway station. It has an elevation of 7 m above sea level.
The lines at the station were electrified on 13 April 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section.[1]
Daily regular EMU services are available up to Gummidipoondi, Sullurpeta, Ennore in the north and Chennai central in the south. In addition, rare daily rails are available up to Chennai beach, Tiruvallur, Velachery, Tambaram and Chengalpattu.
Approximately 25,000 people use the station every day.[2]