Pallavaram railway station

Pallavaram
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Pallavaram railway station
General information
Location	Railway Station Road, Arumalai Chavadi, Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 043, India
Coordinates	12°58′2″N 80°9′7″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Tracks	5
Bus operators	MTC
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	PV
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	Early 1900s
Electrified	15 November 1931 (1931-11-15)
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Tirusulam towards Chennai Beach South Line Chromepet towards Tambaram, Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map Chennai Beach — Villupuram North Line West Line 0.00 Chennai Beach High Court 1.80 Chennai Fort  MRTS  3.07 Chennai Central Green Line Blue Line 3.07 Chennai Park 3.07 Parktown MRTS 4.32 Chennai Egmore Green Line 6.56 Chetput Purple Line Cooum River 8.15 Nungambakkam 9.68 Kodambakkam Orange Line 11.29 Mambalam 12.90 Saidapet Adyar River 15.01 Guindy Blue Line 17.12 St. Thomas Mount Green Line Red Line  MRTS  18.75 Pazhavanthangal 20.04 Meenambakkam 21.22 Tirusulam Blue Line 23.15 Pallavaram 25.35 Chromepet Blue Line 27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29.14 Tambaram Blue Line 32.64 Perungalathur Blue Line 34.44 Vandalur Blue Line 37.48 Kilambakkam Blue Line 37.50 Urapakkam 40.41 Guduvancheri 43.94 Potheri 45.85 Kattangulathur 46.96 Maraimalai Nagar 51.48 Singaperumal Koil 55.59 Paranur 59.84 Chengalpattu Junction to Arakkonam 63.00 Tirumani 68.37 Ottivakkam 73.08 Padalam 80.83 Karunguzhi 84.48 Maduranthakam 91.07 Pakkam 95.37 Melmaruvathur 98.21 Acharapakkam 104.27 Tozhuppedu 109.44 Karasangal 113.86 Olakur 118.59 Panchalam 125.48 Tindivanam 134.84 Mailam 143.44 Perani 149.92 Vikravandi 156.44 Mundiyampakkam to Katpadi 162.76 Viluppuram Junction
Location

Pallavaram railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Pallavaram, Pammal, Nagalkeni, Anakaputhur, Pozhichalur, Cowl Bazaar, Kolapakkam, Gerugambakkam, Kovoor, Thandalam, Tharapakkam, Thiruneermalai, Thirumudivakkam, Kundrathur, Mangadu, and Keelkattalai. It is situated about 23 km (14 mi) from Chennai Beach, and has an elevation of 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.

History

View of Pallavaram railway station

Pallavaram railway station lies on the Chennai Beach–Tambaram suburban section of the Chennai Suburban Railway, which was opened to traffic on 11 May 1931. The tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931. The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.

Pallavaram Railway Station is one of the terminal for Southern Line of Chennai Suburban Railway Network next to Tambaram Railway Station and Chengalpattu Railway Station. During Meter Gauge several years back, Eight Peak Hour Services between Chennai Beach and Pallavaram Railway Station has been operated. Later, the services were removed after conversion to Broad Gauge.

The station

Platforms

There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train. The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1	FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Tirusulam
	FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Chromepet
	Platform 3	Towards → Chennai Egmore
	FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Lines)
	Platform 4	Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction
P1

Facilities

Pallavaram Railway Station is one of the busiest station after Tambaram, Guindy, Mambalam and Egmore in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section.

The station is closer to Pallavaram Bus Terminus on the Grand Southern Trunk Road. The station's proximity to Friday Market and Chennai Airport also makes it one of the important station.

Currently, single special train is being operated between Chennai Beach and Pallavaram on morning session during peak hour.

RailWire WiFi services are available at the station.

Mini bus services are available from the eastern side of the station to Keelkattalai, Tirusulam Sakthi Nagar.

Double discharge platforms are available on the western side of the station.

All the level crossings are upgraded as Railway Over Bridges and Railway Under Bridges.

The Elevators are available at the western and eastern sides of the station.

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

External links

• Pallavaram railway station at Indiarailinfo.org