Adambakkam railway station

History

Structure

Service and connections

Station access through road

References

Station layout

Adambakkam
Adambakkam
	Adambakkam station under construction
General information
Coordinates	12°58′57″N 80°11′49″E / 12.982471°N 80.196814°E
System	Chennai MRTS
Platforms	Side platform; Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount; Platform-2 → Chennai Beach
Tracks	2
Connections	Red Line Adambakkam metro station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	ABKM
Services
Location
Location

Adambakkam is an under-construction elevated railway station of Chennai MRTS. The station exclusively serves the neighbourhoods of Adambakkam, Nanganallur and Madipakkam.

As part of the second phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network from Velachery to St. Thomas Mount,^[1] Adambakkam station was expected to be opened in 2013^[2], but construction faced multiple delays due to land acquisition issues and legal hurdles.^[3] With the court dismissing all the cases against land acquisition for construction, the station was expected to be completed by the end of 2024,^[4] but multiple deadlines were revised.^[5] With the commissioning of Velachery - St. Thomas Mount stretch of MRTS on 14 March 2026,^[6] Adambakkam station was set to open but got delayed. The stoppage at the station is currently skipped for operational reasons.^[7]

Adambakkam track layout

Station with two tracks and two side platforms

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 Eastbound	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Puzhuthivakkam
	Platform 1 Westbound	Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: St. Thomas Mount
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

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. This station will be connected to Adambakkam metro station on Red line corridor of Chennai Metro, which is under construction.^[8]

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

Mount-Medavakkam main road
Inner Ring Road

to Puzhuthivakkam

to St. Thomas Mount

^ "Southern Railway - Budget Highlights-2012-13—Specific Items for Southern Railway Budget 2012-13". Southern Railways. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ "MRTS upto St. Thomas Mount back on track". The Hindu. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "Chennai MRTS's last stretch to be delayed further as CMDA approaches SC". The News Minute. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "Construction of Velachery-St. Thomas Mount MRTS stretch will be completed by end of July". The Hindu. 13 July 2023. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "Mount-Velachery-Beach MRTS misses deadline, again". The Times of India. 27 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "MRTS service on Mount-Velachery line from Saturday". The New Indian Express. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
^ "Chennai: MRTS train to skip Adambakkam station for now". DT Next. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
^ Tejonmayam, U (12 April 2023). "Chennai Metro to fly over MRTS in Adambakkam". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2026.