Adambakkam railway station

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Adambakkam
Chennai MRTS station
Adambakkam Railway Station.jpg
The Adambakkam station under construction
Tracks2
History
Opened(still under construction) [1]
Services
Preceding station   Chennai MRTS   Following station
Puzhuthivakkam
toward Chennai Beach
Chennai Beach-St.Thomas Mount
St. Thomas Mount
Terminus
Location
Adambakkam is located in Chennai
Adambakkam
Adambakkam
Location within Chennai

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 soon, 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 the Inner Ring Road (IRR).
Major road access to this station are from

  • Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST/NH45) – from the intersection near Officers Training Academy and Nanganallur Road metro station
  • Inner Ring Road
  • Mount–Medavakkam road

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ayyappan, V. (16 March 2011). "Acquiring land is key to completion of works by 2013". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 January 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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