Tambaram Railway Station

Tambaram தாம்பரம்
Station of Chennai Suburban Railway and Southern Railways
Tambaram Railway Station
Location	GST Road, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates	12°5′16″N 80°32′48″E / 12.08778°N 80.54667°E / 12.08778; 80.54667
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Platforms	8
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	TBM
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	1931
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Traffic
Passengers	1,50,000/day

Coordinates: 12°56′N 80°07′E / 12.93°N 80.11°E / 12.93; 80.11

Tambaram Railway Station is one of the railway terminal of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is situated at a distance of 6 km from the centre of Tambaram, a suburb of Chennai located 27 km south of the city centre. It is one of the fastest growing railway hubs outside Chennai Central in the southern direction. Everyday, on an average, around 150,000 commuters use the station. About 280 suburban electric trains operate from Tambaram, including those between Chennai Beach and Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram. Further, more than 25 expresses, including those bound for Howrah and other places in the north pass through the town. It is also third busiest station in the city (after Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore). The daily ticket sales at Tambaram fetch ₹ 1 million, half of which comes from suburban travellers. It is the second most revenue-generating station in Chennai after Moore Market Complex. A total of 52 trains pass through the station.

Tambaram Railway Station divides Tambaram into East Tambaram and West Tambaram. There are nine platforms in the station. Platforms 1-4 are used for suburban trains between Chengalpattu and Chennai Beach and platforms between 5 and 9 are used by the suburban electric trains between Chennai Beach and Chengalpattu and Tirumalpur and also long distance express trains. Most of the suburban electric train services originating from Tambaram to Beach and Chengalpattu leave from the first two platforms. There is a foot overbridge connecting East and West Tambaram with access to all platforms. In 2008, Southern Railway started building an additional platform at the westernmost side of the railway station, making Platform No.1 a double-discharge platform, a design which helps commuters to alight on either side of the train, similar to the one at Park Railway Station, where the passengers could alight on the western side for quicker access to Chennai Central.