It is situated adjacent to the Chetpet lake on the southern side, with an elevation of 9 m above sea level.

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.

[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.

The platforms are equipped with modern facility like display board of arrival and departure of trains.

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