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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Avadi
| native_name = ஆவடி
| style = Indian Railways
| type = Station of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| image = Avadi railway station.jpg
| image_caption = Avadi railway station at night; Avadi.
| address = Tirumalairajapuram, [[Avadi]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.118223|80.100313|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| 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]].
| platform = 4
| tracks = 6
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| depth =
| levels =
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| ADA =
| code = AVD<ref>{{cite web
| title = Railway Station Codes
| publisher = stationcodes.com
| url = http://www.stationcodes.com/avadi-railway-station-code-4269.htm
| access-date = 26 Aug 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120504105820/http://stationcodes.com/avadi-railway-station-code-4269.htm
| archive-date = 4 May 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 29 November 1979<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification"/>
| former = South Indian Railway
| mpassengers =
| passengers = 40,000/day<ref name="TOI_GoNorthwestBut"/>
| pass_system =
| pass_year = 2013
| pass_percent =
| services =
| map_locator =
}}

'''Avadi railway station''' is one of the major railway termini of the [[Chennai Central]]–[[Arakkonam]] section of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. It serves the neighbourhood of [[Avadi]], a suburb of [[Chennai]] located 23 km west of the city centre. It is situated at Tirumalairajapuram in [[Avadi]], with an elevation of 26.85 m above [[Mean sea level|sea level]].

According to a railway release in 2008, there are plans to develop Avadi station as a coaching terminal (satellite terminal) for [[Chennai Central|Chennai Central railway station]], on the lines of [[Tambaram railway station|Tambaram station]] being developed as a terminal for [[Chennai Egmore|Egmore railway station]].<ref name="PlansToDevelopAvadiOrAmbattur">{{cite news
| title = Plans to develop Avadi or Ambattur railway station
| location = Chennai
| date = 16 November 2008
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-16/chennai/27917600_1_railway-station-southern-railway-railway-board
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130104005947/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-16/chennai/27917600_1_railway-station-southern-railway-railway-board
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 4 January 2013
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 23 Aug 2012}}</ref>

==History==
The first lines in the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–[[Tiruvallur]] section. The EMU car shed lines at Avadi were electrified on 1 February 1980. Additional lines at the station were electrified on 2 October 1986, with the electrification of the [[Villivakkam]]–Avadi section.<ref name="IRFCA_HistoryOfElectrification">{{cite web
| title = IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004
| work = History of Electrification
| publisher = IRFCA.org
| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html
| access-date = 17 Nov 2012}}</ref>

The electrification preliminaries, such as poles, were observed on the railway lines passing through Avadi Railway Station as early as 1977. The first broad-gauge electric EMUs were first introduced on the Madras Central–[[Gummidipoondi]] section by 1979 and in the next phase on the Madras Central–Tiruvallur section around 1980. From around 1971 to 1980, there these beastly WP steam locomotives that were hauling the Suburban trains going up to Tiruvallur and Gumidipoondi. The WDS category shuttle diesel were seen pulling the [[Pattabiram]] Military Siding trains going up to [[Pattabiram East Depot railway station|E Depot]] in the Avadi Air Force Station Cantonment Area. It helped identifying the trains. As for the express trains passing through Avadi, those were diesel electrics. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, it was probably the [[Baldwin Class 10-12-D|Baldwin Class WP steam locos]] that were hauling trains such as [[Dadar Chennai–Egmore Express|Dadar Express]] and [[Bombay Mail]] from [[Kalyan]], taking over the duties from the mighty WCM DC Electrics operating on the [[Bombay]]–Kalyan route.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Layout==
The station has six tracks, including two loop lines, and has four platforms. The first platform is a [[side platform]] housing the station's entrance and the ticket counter, and the second and third are part of an [[island platform]]. The fourth platform borders the northern end of the station and is the longest of all the platforms. The platforms are connected by means of a [[footbridge]].

As of 2013, the station handles about 40,000 passengers a day.<ref name="TOI_GoNorthwestBut">{{cite news
| title = Go northwest, but don't take a train
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 27 April 2013
| 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
| access-date = 28 Apr 2013
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130630104528/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
| archive-date = 30 June 2013
| url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Developments==
Avadi is one of the railway stations in the Chennai Suburban Railway network that are being developed as Adarsh stations.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Nemilichery station to be ready in three months
| location = Chennai
| date = 4 August 2009
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-04/chennai/28201714_1_railway-stations-adarsh-stations-thiruninravur
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103143041/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-04/chennai/28201714_1_railway-stations-adarsh-stations-thiruninravur
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 3 January 2013
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 4 Oct 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/avadi-avd/1526 Avadi station at Indiarailinfo.com]

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