Adambakkam railway station explained

Adambakkam
Style:	Indian Railways
Type:	Chennai MRTS station
Map Type:	India Chennai#India Tamil Nadu
Tracks:	2
Opened:	(still under construction)^[1]

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 2022, 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

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. News: Ayyappan. V.. Acquiring land is key to completion of works by 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105181742/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-16/chennai/28698965_1_velachery-and-adambakkam-adambakkam-st-thomas-mount-mrts-line. dead. 5 November 2013. 12 Jan 2013. The Times of India. 16 March 2011.
2. Web site: Southern Railway - Budget Highlights-2012-13—Specific Items for Southern Railway Budget 2012-13. Southern Railways. 12 Jan 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130115192249/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C746. 15 January 2013. dead. dmy-all.
3. News: MRTS upto St. Thomas Mount back on track. 16 October 2012. The Hindu. 16 October 2012.