Sevvapet Road railway station is one of railway stations of
Chennai Central–
Arakkonam section of the
Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhoods of
Sevvapet,
Thiruvur, and
Thozhuvur and is located west of Chennai Central. It has an elevation of above
sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
.
History
The first lines in the station were electrified on 29 November 1979, with the electrification of the Chennai Central–
Tiruvallur
Tiruvallur is a Grade I municipality and a fast developing city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of Coovum river about from downtown Chennai (Madras) and just 5 km from megacity border, in the western pa ...
section.
An agriculture research centre was located near railway station.
Neighbourhoods
The station has two villages on either side of the railway track. The village on the northern side of the station is named Thiruvur, and the one on the other side is Thozhuvur, with chiefly agricultural fields.
See also
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Chennai Suburban Railway
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third ...
References
External links
Sevvapet Road station at Indiarailinfo.com
Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway
Railway stations in Tiruvallur district
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