Kasturibai Nagar Kasturba Nagar  | |||||||||||||||
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 Kasturba Nagar railway station | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 13°00′20″N80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°E /13.005441; 80.247713 | ||||||||||||||
| System | Chennai MRTS | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 →Velachery ** Platform-2 →Chennai Beach ** (Further extension toSt. 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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Kasturibai Nagar orKasturba Nagar is a railway station on theChennai MRTS. Located near theMadhya Kailash junction onRajiv Gandhi Salai, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
Kasturiba Nagar station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network. The station was built byLarsen & Toubro.[1]
The elevated station is built on the western banks ofBuckingham 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]
Kasturba Nagar track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 toSt. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
Kasturiba Nagar station is the twelfth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction fromVelachery, it is currently the sixth station towardsChennai Beach station.[4]
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