Adambakkam railway station

Adambakkam Railway Station

Adambakkam
Chennai MRTS station
Tracks 2
History
Opened (2013)[1]
Services
Preceding station   Chennai MRTS   Following station
Chennai Beach-St.Thomas Mount
Terminus

Adambakkam is a station under construction on the Chennai MRTS. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of Adambakkam.

History

As of 2014, Adambakkam station was still under construction and is expected to be opened in 2016, as part of the second phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network.[2][3]

Service and connections

Adambakkam station will be the 20th station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it will be the second station towards Chennai Beach station.

Station Access through Road

This MRTS Station is being constructed at the western end of the southern arm of Inner Ring Road (IRR).
Major Road access to this station are from

  • Grand Souther Trunk Road (GST/NH45)- from intersection near upcoming Officers Training Academy (OTA) Metro Rail station
  • Inner Ring Road
  • Mount - Medavakkam road

References

  1. ↑ Ayyappan, V. (16 March 2011). "Acquiring land is key to completion of works by 2013". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 Jan 2013.
  2. ↑ "Southern Railway - Budget Highlights-2012-13—Specific Items for Southern Railway Budget 2012-13". Southern Railways. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "MRTS upto St. Thomas Mount back on track". The Hindu. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

Further reading

  1. "HC declines to shift MRTS station", The Times of India, Chennai, 22 Aug 2010

Coordinates: 12°59′22″N 80°11′43″E / 12.989483°N 80.1953°E / 12.989483; 80.1953

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