Perungalathur railway station

Route map

Legend Chennai Beach — Villupuram North Line West Line 0.00 Chennai Beach Blue Line High Court 1.80 Chennai Fort  MRTS  3.07 Chennai Central 3.07 Chennai Park 3.07 Parktown MRTS 4.32 Chennai Egmore Green Line 6.56 Chetput Cooum River 8.15 Nungambakkam 9.68 Kodambakkam 11.29 Mambalam 12.90 Saidapet Adyar River 15.01 GuindyBlue Line 17.12 St. Thomas Mount Green Line│ MRTS  18.75 Pazhavanthangal 20.04 Meenambakkam Blue Line 21.22 Tirusulam 23.15 Pallavaram 25.35 Chromepet 27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29.14 Tambaram 32.64 Perungalathur 34.44 Vandalur 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

Perungalathur railway station (station code: PRGL^[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[2] It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network serving the neighbourhoods of Perungalathur and Peerkankaranai in southern Chennai. It is situated about 32 km (20 mi) from Chennai Beach and has an elevation of 26 m (85 ft) above sea level.

History

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

Layout

The station has two platforms. The platforms in the station can presently accommodate only 12-car rakes. In 2012, Southern Railway began renovating the station, including expansion of the platforms to accommodate 12-car rakes.^[3] There are two level crossings, namely, LC No. 32 on the northern end and LC No. 33 on the southern end,^[4] on either side of the station, a few metres away from the platforms.^[5] LC No. 32 comes within Peerkankaranai limits and LC No. 33 comes under the jurisdiction of Perungalathur. So the Railways has decided to build a mini platform to accommodate three coaches without closing either level crossings. This would be in use until both the level crossings are replaced by road over bridges.^[6]

Traffic

As of 2012, 84 trains halt at the station and about 10,000 commuters use the station daily.^[3]

Per a traffic census conducted in March 2006, LC No. 32 witnessed a traffic flow of 861,000 train vehicle units and LC No. 33 witnessed 743,000 train vehicle units.^[4]

Developments

In 2011, a road overbridge was planned to replace LC-32. The ramps of the overbridge would descend on the proposed ₹ 500-million Eastern Bypass project connecting Velachery Main Road at Rajakilpakkam and GST Road near the station. A pedestrian subway was also planned to replace LC-33.^[5]

Accidents

As of 2012, an average of at least five people are killed on the track every month at the station.^[3]

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Railway stations in Chennai

References