Tiruvallur
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Station of Chennai Suburban Railway and Southern Railways | |
Location | Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates | 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 | |
Electrified | 29 November 1979 |
Previous names | South Indian Railway |
Traffic | |
Passengers (2013) | 50,000/day |
Tiruvallur railway station is one of the railway station of the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is one of the terminal stations in the network where some of the suburban trains originates and terminates. 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.
As of 2013, the station handles about 50,000 passengers a day.