Tiruvallur railway station

Tiruvallur
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationTiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates13°6′59″N 79°54′52″E / 13.11639°N 79.91444°E / 13.11639; 79.91444
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)West, West North and West South lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Mumbai–Chennai line
Platforms6
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard on-ground station
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeTRL
Fare zoneSouthern Railways
History
Opened1 July 1856; 168 years ago (1856-07-01)
Electrified29 November 1979[1]
Previous namesSouth Indian Railway
Passengers
2018100,000 (per day)[2]
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Arakkonam Junction Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Perambur
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station
Egattur West Line Putlur
Location
Map

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 CentralArakkonam 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.

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  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 23 March 2024.