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 | |||||||||||
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 Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
 Tirusulam railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Grand Southern Trunk Road, Tirusulam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°58′23″N 80°10′12″E / 12.97306°N 80.17000°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 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
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| Station code | TLM | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railways | ||||||||||
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| Previous names | South Indian Railway | ||||||||||
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History
editThe 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
editThe 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
edit| 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
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Electric Traction - I". IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004". History of Electrification. IRFCA.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sekar, Sunitha (30 November 2012). "Safety trumps use of Tirusulam subway". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lack of coordination mars attempts to revamp Tirusulam station". The Hindu. Chennai. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ 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.