Kotturpuram railway station
Appearance
Kotturpuram railway station | ||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 13°00′50″N 80°14′54″E / 13.013804°N 80.248271°E | |||||||||||
| System | Chennai MRTS | |||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extension to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m) | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||
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| Station code | KTPM | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 26 January 2004 | |||||||||||
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Kotturpuram is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Situated on the banks of the Buckingham canal, the station is accessible through Ponniamman Koil Road in Kotturpuram.
History
[edit]Kotturpuram station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure
[edit]The elevated station is built on the eastern banks of Buckingham Canal south of Adyar river. The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station building consists of 4,312 sq m of parking area in its basement.[2]
Station layout
[edit]Kotturpuram track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Greenways Road | |
| Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Kasturba Nagar (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 |
Service and connections
[edit]Kotturpuram station is the eleventh station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the seventh station towards Chennai Beach station[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
Further reading
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