St. Thomas Mount Parangimalai
St. Thomas Mount railway station as of June 2025
General information
Location	GST Road,St. Thomas Mount,Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	12°59′41″N80°11′56″E / 12.99472°N 80.19889°E /12.99472; 80.19889
System	Indian Railways,Chennai Suburban Railway andChennai MRTS station
Owned by	Ministry of Railways,Indian Railways
Lines	South andSouth West lines ofChennai Suburban Railway
Platforms	5
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station (Railway station)Elevated station (Chennai MRTS and Chennai Metro)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	STM
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	South Indian Railway
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Adambakkam towardsChennai Beach Line 1 Terminus Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Guindy towardsChennai Beach South Line Pazhavanthangal towardsTambaram,Chengalpattu Junction orVillupuram 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 Chetpet metro station Purple Line Cooum River 8.15 Nungambakkam 9.68 Kodambakkam Kodambakkam metro station Yellow Line 11.29 Mambalam 12.90 Saidapet Adyar River 15.01 GuindyBlue Line 17.12 St. Thomas Mount Green Line MRTS  Red Line 18.75 Pazhavanthangal 20.04 Meenambakkam 21.22 TirusulamBlue Line 23.15 Pallavaram Level Crossing 26 - Chromepet Level Crossing 27 - Chromepet 25.35 ChromepetBlue Line 27.36 Tambaram Sanatorium 29.14 TambaramBlue Line 32.64 PerungalathurBlue Line Level Crossing 33 - Perungalathur 34.44 VandalurBlue Line 36.65 KilambakkamBlue 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 toArakkonam 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 toKatpadi 162.76 Viluppuram Junction
Location

St. Thomas Mount railway station, locally known asMount railway station orParangimalai station, is one of the railway stations of theChennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of theChennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood ofSt. Thomas Mount andPazhavanthangal, which are suburbs ofChennai. It is located at a distance of 17 km (11 mi) from Chennai Beach terminus, with an elevation of 11 m (36 ft) abovesea level.

The station is also an integrated railway station for all the three modes of rail transport in the city, namely, Chennai suburban railway,MRTS, andMetro Rail.^[1] The MRTS part is under construction.

St. Thomas Mount
St. Thomas Mount metro station
General information
System	Chennai Metro station
Line	Green LineRed Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here Platform-2 →M.G.R Chennai Central
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	SMM
History
Opened	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Electrified	Single-phase25 kV 50 Hz ACoverhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Alandur towardsChennai Central Green Line Terminus Alandur towardsMadhavaram Milk Colony Red Line (Under Construction) Adambakkam towardsSholinganallur Alandur towardsPattabiram Red Line (Future service)
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway South Line &South West Line Blue Line M.G.R Central Blue Line MRTS Egmore Chennai Suburban Railway South Line &South West Line Nehru Park Kilpauk onPurple Line Kilpauk Medical College Pachaiyappa's College Shenoy Nagar Anna Nagar East Anna Nagar Tower ThirumangalamRed Line Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Expressway Red LineBranchto Pattabiram Cooum River Koyambedu depot KoyambeduRed Line Jayalalithaa CMBT Arumbakkam Vadapalani Vadapalani onYellow Line Ashok Nagar Adyar River Ekkattuthangal Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Blue Line Red Line St. Thomas Mount  MRTS Red Line Chennai Suburban Railway South Line &South West Line
Location

St. Thomas Mount Metro station is aMetro-cum-MRTS railway station on theGreen Line of theChennai Metro. The station is an elevated station abutting the surface-level St. Thomas Mount suburban station of theChennai Suburban Railway Network. The metro level of the station started functioning on 14 October 2016 while the MRTS level is under construction.

The new terminal is envisaged as an integrated railway station for all the three modes of rail transport in the city, namely, Chennai Beach—Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway, terminal point of Chennai Beach—St. Thomas Mount MRTS, andChennai Central–St. Thomas Mount Metro Rail.

The station will include access to all the3 suburban rail modes of the city, at multiple levels.^[1]The integrated station will have three levels, namely, ground level for suburban station, level 1 for MRTS, and level 2 for Metro Rail. The length of the platform at the Metro station will be 140 m and the entire station complex will have a total built-up area of 48,000 sq m.^[2]

The existing suburban station at ground level can be accessed from new terminal using a foot overbridge.^[3]

As per the new design, the elevated station will have a Metro Rail station on the top floor, followed by an MRTS station a level below and then a vast concourse area for commuters to switch over to these two modes or to step down to the ground level, which will house – new ground level platform – for suburban trains, within the new Station block.^[4]

The concourse will have ticket booths and escalators and lifts will take commuters to the platforms above.^[5]

The MRTS will be at a height of 12 m.^[6]

The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro,Chennai Central–St. Thomas Mount stretch. The station will be the largest of the elevated stations of the Chennai Metro and will come up at a height of 23 m.^[7]

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards →Chennai Central Next Station:Arignar Anna AlandurChange at the next station forBlue Line
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L3	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards →Sholinganallur Next Station:Adambakkam
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards ←Madhavaram Milk Colony /Pattabiram Next Station:Alandur
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left

The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.^[8] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.^[9]

As of 2012, an integrated terminal for Chennai Metro and MRTS is under construction at the station complex at a cost of₹ 780 million. The construction is expected to be completed by September 2013.^[6] The₹ 780-million contract for the construction of the station was initially awarded to Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (CCCL). However, owing to delay the contract was terminated and is being given to a new contractor.^[10][11]

As of 2023, the station had a footfall of 30,000 passengers a day.^[12] The task of upgrading of the station was taken up in 2023 underIndian Railway's "Amruth Bharath" scheme at a cost of₹ 141.5 million.^[12]

With the integration of five modes of public transport –suburban railway,Southern Railway,Metro Rail,MRTS andpublic buses the station is expected to become the city's largest transit hub afterChennai Central.^[13]

A two-lane circular road has also been planned around the station so that buses can pick up commuters.^[14]Anticipating increased patronage upon the completion of Metro Rail, the Medavakkam-Madipakkam road that runs in front of the station is being widened. It is expected that MRTS and metro rail services will together bring in more than 100,000 commuters at the station.^[15]

Parking facility include 10,000 sq m space at the ground level and provisions for 3,000 two-wheelers at level 1. Upon completion, the station will be the third largest in the city after Chennai Central andChennai Egmore.^[6]

In June 2013, Southern Railway started the ground work to extend platforms at the station to halt express trains. A spare platform of the station, which is being used to park old rakes, is being extended at an estimated cost of₹ 60 million. The platform, which can currently take only 22-coach trains, will be expanded to handle 24-rake trains and a link track will be laid.^[15]

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation underAmrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.^[16]

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