Pazhavanthangal railway station

Pazhavanthangal railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Pazhavanthangal and surrounding areas. It is situated about 18 km (11 mi) from Chennai Beach, and has an elevation of 12 m (39 ft) above sea level.

Palavanthangal Pazhavanthangal
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Pazhavanthangal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 114, India
Coordinates	12°59′26″N 80°11′17″E / 12.99056°N 80.18806°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	PZA
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Opened	Early 1900s
Electrified	15 November 1931[1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station St. Thomas Mount towards Chennai Beach South Line Meenambakkam 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

Pazhavanthangal railway station lies on the Madras Beach—Tambaram suburban section of the Chennai Suburban Railway, which was opened to traffic on 11 May 1931. The tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931.^[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[2]

There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. 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.

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

• Pazhavanthangal railway station at Indiarailinfo.org