Mambalam railway station

Mambalam
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationMambalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates13°2′14″N 80°13′39″E / 13.03722°N 80.22750°E / 13.03722; 80.22750
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeMBM
Fare zoneSouthern Railways
History
Opened1911[1]
Electrified15 November 1931[2]
Previous namesSouth Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station
Kodambakkam South Line Saidapet
Location
Map

Mambalam Railway Station (station code: MBM[3]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[3] It is one of the railway stations in Chennai, India, on the Chennai BeachChengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is situated in the neighbourhoods of West Mambalam and T. Nagar, about 11 km (6.8 mi) from Chennai Beach, and has an elevation of 13 m (43 ft) above sea level.

With a patronage of 200,000 passengers a day, Mambalam railway station is one of the busiest stations in the city.

The Mambalam railway line divides the Mambalam area into West Mambalam and East Mambalam, the latter now being renamed as Tyagaraya Nagar.

  1. ^ Varghese, Nina (29 August 2006). "T.Nagar: Shop till you drop, and then shop some more". Business Line. Chennai: The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference IRFCA_ElectricTraction1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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 25 March 2024.