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Kotturpuram railway station

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Kotturpuram
Chennai MRTS station
Kotturpuram railway station
General information
Coordinates13°00′50″N 80°14′54″E / 13.013804°N 80.248271°E / 13.013804; 80.248271
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Velachery **
Platform-2 → Chennai Beach
** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeKTPM
History
Opened26 January 2004
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station
Greenways Road Line 1 Kasturba Nagar
towards Velachery
Line 1
(Future Service)
Kasturba Nagar
Location
Map

Kotturpuram is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Situated on the banks of the Buckingham canal, the station is accessible through Ponniamman Koil Road in Kotturpuram.

History

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Kotturpuram station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

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The elevated station is built on the eastern banks of Buckingham Canal south of Adyar river. The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station building consists of 4,312 sq m of parking area in its basement.[2]

Station layout

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Kotturpuram track layout
P2
P1
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 Disabled access
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards → Chennai Beach
Next Station: Greenways Road
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards ← Velacherry
Next Station: Kasturba Nagar
(to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Service and connections

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Kotturpuram station is the eleventh station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the seventh station towards Chennai Beach station[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

Further reading

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