Kasturba Nagar railway station explained

Kasturibai Nagar
Native Name:
Kasturba Nagar
Type: Chennai MRTS station
Style:Indian Railways
Coordinates:13.0054°N 80.2477°W
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. FF9900
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Structure:Elevated
Platform:Side platform
Platform-1 → **
Platform-2 →
** (Further extenstion to in the near future) (280 m)
Tracks:2
Opened:26 January 2004
Mapframe:yes

Kasturibai Nagar or Kasturba 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 Larsen & Toubro.[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]

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
valign=topL1valign=topMezzaninevalign=topFare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2Side platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards → next station is
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards ← Velacherry next station is
(to be further extended to railway station in the near future)
Side platform Doors will open on the left
L2

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report No.5 of 2006 (Railways) . cag.nic.in . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185638/http://cag.nic.in/html/reports/railways/2006_5/chap_3.pdf . 1 February 2014 .
  2. Web site: MRTS Phase-II Extension . Development of MRTS in Chennai . CMDA . 20 Aug 2012 . 15 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815123835/http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/mrts_phase2_extension.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: R.Ramanathan. Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai. Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. 19 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service . Southern Railways . 18 Aug 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120906183556/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf . 6 September 2012 .