Taramani is a railway station on the Chennai MRTSinChennai, India. Located off MGR Main Road in Taramani, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
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MRTS station at Tharamani
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 12°58′43″N 80°14′27″E / 12.978678°N 80.240927°E / 12.978678; 80.240927 | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 19 November 2007; 16 years ago (2007-11-19) | ||||||||||||||
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Taramani station was opened on 19 November 2007, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station premises includes 9,080 sq m of open parking area.[2]
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 is Thiruvanmiyur | |
Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← Velacherry next station is Perungudi (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
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]
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