Chennai Park Town, or just Park Town, is a railway station on the

Chennai MRTS The Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, a state-owned subsidiary of Indian Railways, is a metropolitan elevated railway line in Chennai, India. Operated by the Southern Railways, it is the first elevated railway line in India and also the c ...

. Located just to the east of Pallavan Salai and to the south of the

Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. The hospital is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. Founded in 1664 by the British East India Company, it is the first moder ...

in the Park Town neighbourhood of Chennai, it exclusively serves the

. The station is adjacent to

Chennai Park Chennai Park railway station (or just Park station) is one of the railway stations in Chennai, India, on the Chennai Beach– Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Park Town, a suburb of Che ...

, which serves the Chennai Suburban Railway. It is also within walking distance to

Chennai Central Chennai Central (station code: MAS, short for ''Madras''), officially known as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the busiest railway ...

. Although within walking distance, a 1 km overhead pedestrian walkway is being planned to connect

with the MRTS station.

History

The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995, as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

The stations is currently located at ground level, although the MRTS route begins its ascent to an elevated viaduct for much of its route.

Service and connections

Chennai Park Town station is currently the third station on the MRTS line to Velachery. From Velachery, it is fifteenth station towards

Chennai Beach station Chennai Beach (formerly known as Madras Beach) (station code: MSB) is a railway terminus of the Southern Railway network in Parry's Corner, Chennai, India. Built on reclaimed land, the station serves the suburban services of the Chennai Suburb ...

. The station is adjacent to the Chennai Park station, which services multiple Chennai Suburban Railway lines. Additionally, it is planned to be connected to

and the future Chennai Central metro station, when the

Chennai Metro The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the 4th longest metro system In india. The system commenced service in 2015 after partially opening the first phase of the project. The network c ...

becomes operational. As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day.

References

Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System stations Railway stations in Chennai Railway stations opened in 1995 {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub

History

Structure

Service and connections

See also

References