Kasturba Nagar railway station

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Kasturibai Nagar


Kasturba Nagar
Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Chennai MRTS station
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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 extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened26 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
Location
Kasturba Nagar railway station

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.

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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
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P2
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P1
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
GStreet levelExit/Entrance
L1MezzanineFare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2 Side platform | Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Kotturpuram
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards ← Velacherry next station is Indira Nagar
(to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
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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]

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References

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