Tirusulam railway station

The Tirusulam Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Tirusulam, a suburb of Chennai where the city's airport is located. It is located at a distance of 21 km (13 mi) from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated on the GST Road across the airport, with an elevation of 20 m (66 ft) above sea level.

Tirusulam
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Tirusulam railway station
General information
Location	Grand Southern Trunk Road, Tirusulam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°58′23″N 80°10′12″E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	4 (280 m (920 ft))
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	TLM
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Meenambakkam towards Chennai Beach South Line Pallavaram towards Tambaram, Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map Legend 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

History

The station was opened in the year 1985.^{[citation needed]} The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.^[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[2]

Layout

The station has two suburban platforms and another island platform for long-distance mainline trains. Since mainline trains do not halt at the station, the island platform remains unused. The platform is 280 m long and has been considered to be extended to 575 m as there are plans to halt long-distance trains at the station.^[3]

The platforms are connected by subways. 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. This is the first station and only till date that has subways to enter and exit the station. All other stations in Chennai have only foot overbridge. Initially, the subways were only up to G.S.T. road (station side). In 2006, the subway was extended inside the Thirusoolam airport complex.^{[citation needed]}

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: Meenambakkam
	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: Pallavaram
	Platform 3	Towards → Chennai Egmore
	FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Lines)
	Platform 4	Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction
P1

Developments

The station is connected to the Chennai airport by means of a subway.^[4] Despite being situated at the entrance of the airport, the station does not cater to the needs of the air travellers due to the lack of proper approach corridors and other facilities.^[5] With the modernisation of Chennai Airport in 2012, several renovation processes are underway in the station.^[6] There are also plans to connect the station with the Metro Rail Station at the airport.^[7]

See also

• India portal

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

References

1. "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
2. "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
3. "Soon long distance trains may halt at Tirusulam stn". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
4. Sekar, Sunitha (30 November 2012). "Safety trumps use of Tirusulam subway". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
5. Sreevatsan, Ajai (23 April 2011). "Airport-railway station link planned". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
6. "Lack of coordination mars attempts to revamp Tirusulam station". The Hindu. Chennai. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
7. Janardhanan, Arun (23 September 2011). "Corridor to connect airport with stations". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

External links

• Tirusulam railway station on IndiaRailInfo.com
• Local Train timings from/to Tirusulam