Indira Nagar is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Located opposite the Institute of Chemical Technology on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS. The station can also be accessed through canal bank road, Indira Nagar.
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Coordinates | 12°59′47″N 80°14′59″E / 12.996456°N 80.249596°E | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 26 January 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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History
editIndira Nagar station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure
editThe elevated station is built on the western banks of Buckingham Canal. The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station building consists of 1,350 sq m of parking area in its basement.[2]
Station layout
editIndira Nagar track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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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: Kasturba Nagar | |
Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Thiruvanmiyur (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
editIndira Nagar station is the thirteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the fifth station towards Chennai Beach station[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 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.