Kasturba Nagar railway station

Kasturibai Nagar Kasturba Nagar
Chennai MRTS station
Kasturba Nagar railway station
General information
Coordinates	13°00′20″N80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°E / 13.005441; 80.247713
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extension to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	26 January 2004
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Kotturpuram towards Chennai Beach Line 1 Indira Nagar towards Velachery Line 1 (Future Service) 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
Legend
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 ← Velacherry Next Station: Indira Nagar (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Service and connections

Kasturiba Nagar station is the twelfth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the sixth station towards Chennai Beach station. ^[4]

See also

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai

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.