Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It serves the neighbourhood of Perungudi, including localities such as Indira Nagar, Park Avenue and Tansi Nagar. It is located 1.3 km (0.81 mi) from the Perungudi Lake.[1]
Perungudi | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
 Perungudi MRTS Station | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°58′31″N 80°13′53″E / 12.975348°N 80.231448°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 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 19 November 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
History
editPerungudi station was opened on 19 November 2007, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure
editThe length of the platform is 280 m (920 ft).[2] The station premises includes 8,080 m2 (87,000 sq ft) of open parking area.[3]
A two-wheeler parking lot was created at the station in 2011, where about 150 to 200 two-wheelers and bicycles are parked every day.[4]
Station Layout
edit
| G | Street level & Mezzanine | Exit/Entrance, Fare control, Station agent, Token vending machines, Crossover |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
| |
| Platform 2 Eastbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Taramani | |
| Platform 1 Westbound |
Towards ← Velachery (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
| ||
| P | ||
Service and connections
edit
Perungudi station is the sixteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the second station towards Chennai Beach station[5] A 3.4 km-long (2.1 mi), 18 m-wide (59 ft) access road to Perungudi station and Taramani station is being constructed along the MRTS line from Velachery to Taramani.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Narayanan, Vivek (22 October 2012). "And in Perungudi, it gets worse". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Srikanth, R. (26 June 2011). "Improvement in parking lot pleases commuters". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 9 December 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.
- ^ R. Srikanth (2 June 2009). "Preliminary work begins on road along MRTS at Perungudi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "3.4-km-long road to connect MRTS stations in Chennai". The Hindu. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
 | This article about a railway station in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |