Perungudi | |
Type: | Chennai MRTS station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Coordinates: | 12.9753°N 80.2314°W |
Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
Mapframe-Marker-Color: |
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Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Structure: | At Grade |
Platform: | Side platform Platform-1 → ** Platform-2 → ** (Further extenstion to in the near future) (280 m) |
Tracks: | 2 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It serves the neighbourhood of Perungudi, including localities such as Indira Nagar, Park Avenue and Tansi Nagar. It is located 1.3km (00.8miles) from the Perungudi Lake.[1]
Perungudi station was opened on 19 November 2007, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
The length of the platform is 280m (920feet).[2] The station premises includes 8080m2 of open parking area.[3]
A two-wheeler parking lot was created at the station in 2011, where about 150 to 200 two-wheelers and bicycles are parked every day.[4]
G | Street level & Mezzanine | Exit/Entrance, Fare control, Station agent, Token vending machines, Crossover |
P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left |
Platform 2 Eastbound | Towards → next station is | |
Platform 1 Westbound | Towards ← (to be further extended to railway station in the near future) | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
P | ||
Perungudi station is the sixteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the second station towards Chennai Beach station[5] A 3.4km (02.1miles), 18m (59feet) access road to Perungudi station and Taramani station is being constructed along the MRTS line from Velachery to Taramani.[6] [7]