Chennai Park Town railway station explained

Park Town
Type: Chennai MRTS Station
Style:Indian Railways
Coordinates:13.0796°N 80.2763°W
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. FF9900
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Structure:At Grade
Platform:Side platform
Platform-1 → **
Platform-2 →
** (Further extenstion to in the near future)
Tracks:2
Opened:1 November 1995
Status:Active
Electrified:Yes
Code:MPKT
Passengers:30,000/day
Mapframe:yes

Chennai Park Town, or just Park Town, is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Located just to the east of Pallavan Salai and to the south of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in the Park Town neighbourhood of Chennai, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS. The station is adjacent to Chennai Park, which serves the Chennai Suburban Railway. It is also within walking distance to Chennai Central. Although within walking distance, a 1 km overhead pedestrian walkway is being planned to connect Chennai Central with the MRTS station.

History

The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995,[1] as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

The stations is currently located at ground level, although the MRTS route begins its ascent to an elevated viaduct for much of its route. This MRTS station has one level - platform with concourse and street level.

GStreet level & MezzanineExit/Entrance, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
PSide platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 2
Eastbound
Towards → next station is
Platform 1
Westbound
Towards ← next station is
(to be further extended to railway station in the near future)
Side platform Doors will open on the left
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Service and connections

Chennai Park Town station is currently the third station on the MRTS line to Velachery. From Velachery, it is fifteenth station towards Chennai Beach station.[2]

The station is adjacent to the Chennai Park station, which services multiple Chennai Suburban Railway lines. Additionally, it is connected to Chennai Central and to the Chennai Central metro station.

As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day.[3] As of late 2023, the station is being revamped as the laying of new fourth line works between Egmore and Beach station is undergoing.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Ajai Sreevatsan. Evolution of Chennai's Public Transport System. 29 Feb 2012. The Hindu. 31 October 2011. Chennai, India.
  2. Web site: Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service. Southern Railways. 18 Aug 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906183556/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf. 6 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: Ayyappan . V . Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services . The Times of India . Chennai. The Times Group . 17 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141128211706/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2012/05/17&ID=Ar00200. dead. 28 November 2014. 15 Nov 2014.