Taramani railway station
Taramani | |||||||||||||||
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 Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
 MRTS station at Tharamani | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°58′43″N 80°14′27″E / 12.978678°N 80.240927°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 | 19 November 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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Taramani is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS in Chennai, India. Located off MGR Main Road in Taramani, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
History
[edit]Taramani station was opened on 19 November 2007, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure
[edit]The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station premises includes 9,080 sq m of open parking area.[2]
Station layout
[edit]Taramani 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: Thiruvanmiyur | |
| Platform 1 Southbound | Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Perungudi (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
[edit]Taramani station is the fifteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the third station towards Chennai Beach station[3] A 3.4 km-long, 18 m-wide access road to Perungudi station and Taramani station is being constructed along the MRTS line from Velachery to Taramani.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[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.
- ^ 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.
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