Kasturba Nagar railway station

Kasturiba Nagar
Chennai MRTS station
Coordinates 13°00′20″N 80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°E / 13.005441; 80.247713Coordinates: 13°00′20″N 80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°E / 13.005441; 80.247713
Platforms 2 side platforms (280 m)
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened 26 January 2004
Services
Preceding station   Chennai MRTS   Following station
Chennai Beach-St.Thomas Mount

Kasturiba Nagar (also spelled Kasturibai Nagar) is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Located near the Madhya Kailash junction on Rajiv Gandhi Salai, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.

History

Kasturiba Nagar station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network. The station was built by Larson & Toubro Limited.[1]

Structure

The elevated station is built on the western banks of Buckingham Canal. The length of the platform is 280 m.[2] The station building consists of 3,200 sq m of parking area in its basement.[3]

Service and connections

Kasturiba Nagar station is the twelfth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the sixth station towards Chennai Beach station[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Report No.5 of 2006 (Railways)" (PDF). cag.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Retrieved 20 Aug 2012.
  3. ↑ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking - Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Chennai Beach - Velachery - Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 Aug 2012.
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