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 / 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 November 2007; 16 years ago (2007-11-19) | ||||||||||||||
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Taramani is a railway station on the Chennai MRTSinChennai, India. Located off MGR Main Road in Taramani, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
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]
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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 
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| 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
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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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