Kotturpuram railway station

Kotturpuram
Chennai MRTS station
Kotturpuram railway station
General information
Coordinates	13°00′50″N80°14′54″E / 13.013804°N 80.248271°E / 13.013804; 80.248271
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
Other information
Station code	KTPM
History
Opened	26 January 2004
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Greenways Road towards Chennai Beach Line 1 Kasturba Nagar towards Velachery Line 1 (Future Service) Kasturba Nagar towards St. Thomas Mount
Location

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

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

Structure

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

Kotturpuram track layout
Legend
to Greenways Road P2 P1 to Kasturba 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: 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
L2

Service and connections

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

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

References

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. 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

• Park near Kotturpuram MRTS soon, The New Indian Express, 13 Aug 2013, Chennai