Tiruvallur | |
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Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station | |
General information | |
Location | Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates | 13°6′59″N 79°54′52″E / 13.11639°N 79.91444°E |
Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
Line(s) |
West,
West North and
West South lines of
Chennai Suburban Railway Mumbai–Chennai line |
Platforms | 6 |
Tracks | 6 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard on-ground station |
Parking | Available |
Other information | |
Station code | TRL |
Fare zone | Southern Railways |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 1856 |
Electrified | 29 November 1979 [1] |
Previous names | South Indian Railway |
Passengers | |
2018 | 100,000 (per day) [2] |
Location | |
Tiruvallur railway station (station code: TRL [3]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [3] 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. [1]
As of 2018, the station handles about 100,000 passengers a day. [2]
It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways. [4]