Tambaram Sanatorium
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Meenakshi Street, Kamakoti Nagar, Tambaram Sanatorium, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu 600 047, India
Coordinates	12°56′13″N 80°7′50″E / 12.93694°N 80.13056°E / 12.93694; 80.13056
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	TBMS
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	Early 1900s
Electrified	15 November 1931[1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Location
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Tambaram Sanatorium 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 Tambaram Sanatorium and surrounding areas. It is situated about 27 km from Chennai Beach and has an elevation of 32 m (105 ft) above sea level.

History

Tambaram Sanatorium railway station lies on the Madras 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.^[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[2] However, the station was built much later. When the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine expanded in the 1970s and gained importance, the railway station was built to serve the locality.^[3]

Safety

The stretch along the station is considered one of the deadliest accident zones in the Guindy–Chengalpet stretch of the suburban section, with about 15 accidents occurring every month as of 2011 in the Chromepet–Tambaram stretch.^[4]