Urapakkam railway station

Urappakkam
Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station
Urapakkam railway station
General information
Location	National Highway 32, Urapakkam, Chennai, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°52′4″N 80°4′20″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	UPM
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	9 January 1965
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Vandalur towards Tambaram or Chennai Beach South Line Guduvancheri towards Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map 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

Urapakkam railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Urapakkam, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at a distance of 37 km (23 mi) from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Urapakkam, with an elevation of 29 m (95 ft) above sea level.

History

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

The station

Platforms

There are a total of 3 platforms and 3 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.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P	FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach Next Station: Vandalur
	Platform 2	Towards → Tambaram / Chennai Beach
	FOB, Island platform | P3 Doors will open on the left | P2 & P3 - (Express Lines)
	Platform 3	Towards ← Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn Next Station: Guduvancheri
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter

Amenities at/near railway station

Urapakkam railway station

The railway station is accessible from Urapakkam east through the railway station road and through the west side using the railway foot overbridge.

The station has 2 broad-gauge tracks 3rd track under construction.

The metre-gauge track is not used and has already been dismantled.

There was a staffed railway crossing that has been closed since 2013 after construction of a railway overbridge.

The railway station is moving towards computerised ticket and the station master is available from 9 AM till 11 PM. There are no platform tickets at this railway station.

The Urapakkam railway station now offers return tickets to any station on the EMU line from Chengalpet to Chennai Fort. However, there are no tickets issued to MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) and CMRL (Chennai Metro Rail Limited).

See also

• Chennai Suburban Railway