Tiruvallur railway station

Tiruvallur
Tiruvallur
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; 167 years ago
Electrified	29 November 1979
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Passengers
2018	100,000 (per day)
Location
	Tiruvallur Location within India Tiruvallur Tiruvallur (Tamil Nadu)

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.

History

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]

^ ^a ^b "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Go northwest, but don't take a train". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

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