Thiruvanmiyur railway station

Thiruvanmiyur
Chennai MRTS station
Thiruvanmiyur MRTS station
General information
Coordinates	12°59′22″N 80°15′05″E
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	26 January 2004
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Indira Nagar towards Chennai Beach Line 1 Taramani towards Velachery Line 1 (Future Service) Taramani towards St. Thomas Mount
Location

Thiruvanmiyur is a station on the Chennai MRTS in India. Located opposite the Tidel Park on Rajiv Gandhi Salai at Taramani, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.

History

Thiruvanmiyur station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network. Since it was the terminal station at the time of its opening, a crossover was initially planned at the station to divert the trains between up and down directions. However, this was never realised as the project administration failed to include this requirement in the revised proposal for ballastless track. The up and down lines between Tirumailai and Tiruvanmiyur (a station before Velacheri) were completed during 2003. Execution of the balance portion of work beyond Tiruvanmiyur had been delayed due to the sinkage of earth. Owing to this, trains moving in the 'up' direction from Thirumailai to Thiruvanmiyur were required to be moved to the 'down' line for the return trip. In addition, safety was also in question with the operation of trains in both lines without the crossover. This led to operating trains only in the 'up' line for a long time until the construction of stations till Velachery. The 'down' line created at a cost of ₹ 1,850 million had been idling for several months.

Structure

The elevated station is on the western banks of the Buckingham Canal. The platform length is 280 metres (920 ft). The station building consists of 1,392 square metres (14,980 sq ft) of parking area in its basement.

Station layout

Thiruvanmiyur track layout
to Indira Nagar P2 P1 to Taramani
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Indira Nagar
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Taramani (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Service and connections

Thiruvanmiyur station is the fourteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the fourth station towards Chennai Beach station, which will become the seventh station upon completion of the entire stretch up to St. Thomas Mount.

Developments

In September 2013, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) invited tenders for setting up a food plaza in the station, along with two other stations, namely, Thirumayilai and Velachery.

See also

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai