Singaperumal Koil railway station

Singaperumal Koil railway station (station code: SKL^[2]) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[2] It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Singaperumal Koil, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at a distance of 51 km from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Singaperumal Koil, with an elevation of 45 m above sea level.

Singaperumal Koil சிங்கபெருமாள் கோவில்
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Singaperumal Koil railway station
General information
Location	National Highway 32, Singaperumal Koil, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	12°45′41″N 79°59′58″E / 12.76139°N 79.99944°E
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	5
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	SKL
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	9 January 1965[1]
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar towards Tambaram or Chennai Beach South Line Paranur towards 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

The lines at the station were electrified on 9 January 1965, with the electrification of the Tambaram—Chengalpattu section.^[1]

There are a total of 5 platforms and 5 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.

The level crossing no. LC47 at the station is being replaced by an overbridge with a roundabout on top at a cost of ₹ 520 million. Work commenced in 2012.^[3]

• Chennai Suburban Railway

• Singaperumal Koil railway station at IndiaRailInfo.com