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{{Infobox station <br />
| name = Tiruvallur<br />
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways <br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = [[Tiruvallur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|13|6|59|N|79|54|52|E|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu<br />
| line = [[West Line, Chennai Suburban|West]], [[West North Line, Chennai Suburban|West North]] and [[West South Line, Chennai Suburban|West South]] lines of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br/>[[Mumbai–Chennai line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on-ground station<br />
| platform = 6<br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = <br />
| tracks = 6<br />
| parking = Available<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = <br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 29 November 1979<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification"/><br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = TRL<br />
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]] <br />
| former = South Indian Railway<br />
| passengers = 1,00,000/day<ref name="TOI_GoNorthwestBut"/><br />
| pass_year = 2018<br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| mpassengers = <br />
| services = <br />
| map_locator = <br />
}}<br />
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'''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&nbsp;km west of the [[Chennai Central]] railway station. It has an elevation of 47.46&nbsp;m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The lines at the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–Tiruvallur section.<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification">{{cite web<br />
| last =<br />
| first =<br />
| author-link =<br />
| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004 <br />
| work = History of Electrification <br />
| publisher = IRFCA.org <br />
| date =<br />
| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html<br />
| doi =<br />
| accessdate = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Traffic==<br />
As of 2018, the station handles about 100,000 passengers a day.<ref name="TOI_GoNorthwestBut">{{cite news<br />
| last = <br />
| first = <br />
| title = Go northwest, but don't take a train <br />
| newspaper = The Times of India <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| publisher = The Times Group <br />
| date = 27 April 2013 <br />
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/04/27&ID=Ar00600<br />
| accessdate = 28 Apr 2013}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West|Tiruvallur|Putlur|Egattur (Tiruvallur District)|21|41.65}}<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West North|Tiruvallur|Putlur|Egattur (Tiruvallur District)|21|41.65}}<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West South|Tiruvallur|Putlur|Egattur (Tiruvallur District)|21|41.65}}<br />
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[[Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Tiruvallur district]]<br />
[[Category:Tiruvallur]]<br />
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