Chennai Park Town railway station

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Park Town
Park Town
Chennai MRTS Station
	Chennai Park Town MRTS station
General information
Coordinates	13°04′46″N80°16′35″E / 13.079583°N 80.27633°E
Platforms	Side platform ; Platform-1 → Velachery ; Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ; (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	MPKT
History
Opened	1 November 1995
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
	30,000/day
Services
Location
Location

Last updated August 17, 2024

Chennai Park Town, or just Park Town, is a railway 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.

The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995,^[1] as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

The stations is currently located at ground level, although the MRTS route begins its ascent to an elevated viaduct for much of its route. This MRTS station has one level - platform with concourse and street level.

Chennai Park Town track layout

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Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level & Mezzanine	Exit/Entrance, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
P	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Eastbound	Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Chennai Fort
	Platform 1 Westbound	Towards ← Velachery next station is Chintadripet (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount* railway station in the near future)*
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
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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 connected to Chennai Central and to the Chennai Central metro station.

As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day.^[3] As of late 2023, the station is being revamped as the laying of new fourth line works between Egmore and Beach station is undergoing.

Western view of the station
An MRTS train leaving the station for Chennai Fort station

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to Chennai Fort

to Chintadripet

↑ 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. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

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[1] Ajai Sreevatsan (31 October 2011). "Evolution of Chennai's Public Transport System" (PDF). The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

[2] "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

[3] Ayyappan, V (17 May 2012). "Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

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