| Palavanthangal | |
| Native Name: | Pazhavanthangal |
| Type: | Indian Railways and Chennai Suburban Railway station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Pazhavanthangal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 114, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.9906°N 80.1881°W |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
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| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Line: | South and South West lines of Chennai Suburban Railway |
| Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
| Parking: | Available |
| Opened: | Early 1900s |
| Electrified: | 15 November 1931 |
| Code: | PZA |
| Owned: | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
| Zone: | Southern Railways |
| Former: | South Indian Railway |
| Mapframe: | yes |
Pazhavanthangal railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Pazhavanthangal and surrounding areas. It is situated about from Chennai Beach, and has an elevation of above sea level.
Pazhavanthangal railway station lies on the Madras Beach—Tambaram suburban section of the Chennai Suburban Railway, which was opened to traffic on 11 May 1931. The tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931.[1] The section was converted to 25 kV AC traction on 15 January 1967.[2]
There are a total of 4 platforms and 4 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.
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P1 | FOB, Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 | Towards → Chennai Beach next station is St. Thomas Mount | |
FOB, Island platform | P1 Doors will open on the left/right | P2 Doors will open on the right|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 2| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards ← Tambaram / Chengalpattu Jn / Villuppuram Jn next station is Meenambakkam|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform 3| style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width="500" |Towards → Chennai Egmore|-| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |FOB, Island platform | P3 and P4 | (Express Lines)|-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 4| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards ← Chengalpattu Junction|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |P1| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" || style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" ||-|}See alsoExternal links} | ||