Velachery | |||||||||||||||
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 Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
Velachery MRTS station
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| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°58′03″N 80°13′08″E / 12.967387°N 80.218965°E / 12.967387; 80.218965 | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform
Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here ** Platform-4 → Chennai Beach (280 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | VLCY | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 19 November 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2009–10 | 50,000/day | ||||||||||||||
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The Velachery MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in Chennai. It is located near the junction of Velachery Main Road and Inner Ring Road in Velachery. The station is built on the northern banks of Pallikaranai wetland.
The station was opened on 19 November 2007. The EMU maintenance shed at the station was opened in 2008.
The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station premises also consists of 12,250 sq m of open parking area.[2]
Velacherry track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with three tracks | One Side & Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street Level & Mezzanine | Exit/ Entrance, Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Perungudi | |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Train Terminates Here (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 3 Eastbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Perungudi | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| P | ||
The station has a massive shed for preventive maintenance of electrical multiple unit (EMU) rakes, which is spread over 44 hectares.[3] Before the opening of the shed in 2008, maintenance of the all MRTS rakes were being sent to Avadi.[4] However, the shed has been lying in disuse for the past few years. Due to this, there are currently no mid-night services between Chennai Beach station and Velachery.[3]
A bus bay in front of the station, set to become the biggest in south Chennai, is under construction at a cost of ₹ 100 million, jointly executed by the Southern Railway and the state government. To be built in about 60,000 sq m of land, the depot will be owned by the state government.[5]
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.[6]
The station primarily serves the residential community of Velachery and its neighbouring suburbs such as Madipakkam, Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam, Adambakkam and Pallikaranai.[7] The Velachery station receives the highest patronage among all the MRTS stations.[8]
In September 2013, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) invited tenders for setting up a food plaza in the station, along with two other stations, namely, Thirumayilai and Thiruvanmiyur.[9]
