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 / 13.11639; 79.91444
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 (1856-07-01)
Electrified	29 November 1979[1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Passengers
2018	100,000/day[2]
Location
Tiruvallur Location within India Show map of India Tiruvallur Tiruvallur (Tamil Nadu) Show map of Tamil Nadu

Tiruvallur railway station 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]

Traffic

As of 2018, the station handles about 100,000 passengers a day.^[2]