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Chennai Park Town or just Park Town is a station on the Chennai MRTS. Located just to the east of Pallavan Salai and to the south of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in the Park Town neighbourhood of Chennai, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS. The station is adjacent to Chennai Park, which serves the Chennai Suburban Railway. It is also within walking distance to Chennai Central. Although within walking distance, a 1 km overhead pedestrian walkway is being planned to connect Chennai Central with the MRTS station.
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 Chennai MRTS Station | |||||||||||
 Chennai Park Town MRTS station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 13°04′46″N 80°16′35″E | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1995 | ||||||||||
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| 30,000/day | |||||||||||
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  Park Town Location within Chennai  Park Town Park Town (Tamil Nadu) | |||||||||||
History
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The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995,[1] as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure
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The stations is currently located at ground level, although the MRTS route begins its ascent to an elevated viaduct for much of its route.
Service and connections
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Chennai Park Town station is currently the third station on the MRTS line to Velachery. From Velachery, it is fifteenth station towards Chennai Beach station.[2]
The station is adjacent to the Chennai Park station, which services multiple Chennai Suburban Railway lines. Additionally, it is planned to be connected to Chennai Central and the future Chennai Central metro station, when the Chennai Metro becomes operational.
As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day.[3]
See also
- Chennai MRTS
- Chennai suburban railway
- Chennai Metro
- Transport in Chennai
References
- Ajai Sreevatsan (31 October 2011). "Evolution of Chennai's Public Transport System" (PDF). The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- Ayyappan, V (17 May 2012). "Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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