Kasturba Nagar railway station

Kasturibai Nagar

Kasturba Nagar
Kasturba Nagar railway station
General information
Coordinates13°00′20″N 80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°E / 13.005441; 80.247713
SystemChennai MRTS
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount
Platform-2 → Chennai Beach
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeKTBR
History
Opened26 January 2004 (2004-01-26)
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station
Kotturpuram
towards Chennai Beach
 Line 1 Indira Nagar
towards St. Thomas Mount
Location

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

Kasturba Nagar track layout
to Kotturpuram
P2
P1
to Indira Nagar
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
Northbound 		Towards → Chennai Beach
Next Station: Kotturpuram
Platform 1
Southbound 		Towards ← St. Thomas Mount
Next Station: Indira Nagar
Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Service and connections

Kasturiba Nagar station is the twelfth station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it is currently the ninth station towards Chennai Beach station.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Report No.5 of 2006 (Railways)" (PDF). cag.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.


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