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Kilpauk Medical College Metro station is a
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railway station on Line 2 of the
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. The station is among the underground stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro,
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stretch inaugurated on 14 May 2017. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of
Kilpauk Kilpauk is a semi residential area located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The distance from Chennai's city to Kilpauk is about 6 km. The region is situated off the Poonamallee High Road in the west. Adjacent areas of Kilpauk include Chetpe ...
and
Chetput Chetpet is a locality in the Indian city of Chennai It is served by Chetpet railway station in the Beach–Tambaram line of Chennai Suburban Railway. Chetpet has a pond between the Chetpet railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of the ...
.


History


Construction

The Chennai Metro Rail project took 2,756 square meters of land from the Kilpauk Medical College for the construction of the Metro station.


The station

The station has four entry and exit points.


Structure

Kilpauk Medical College is underground Metro station situated on
Green Line (Chennai Metro) The Green Line or Line 2 is one of the two lines of Chennai Metro, Phase 1 Project. The line stretches from to . Out of the 17 stations, 9 stations are underground and 8 are elevated. Map Stations Green Line The line connects the central, ...
.


Station layout


Facilities

List of available ATM at Kilpauk Medical College metro station are


Connections


Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd. - (MTC), is the agency that operates the public bus service in Chennai, India. In 2022 the MTC has a total fleet of 3,448 buses with 3,233 scheduled services, with on average 2.832 million ...
bus routes number 15, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15F, 15FCT, 15G, 27B, 27C, 29B, 29C, 29N, 37D, 37G, 40, 40A, 50, 53A, 53B, 53E, 53P, 54V, 56G, 59, 59A, 71C, 71D, 71E, 71F, 71H, 71V, 101, 101NS, 127B, 129C, 150, 153, 159, 159A, 159ANS, 159B, 159D, 159E, 159F, 159K, 553, 571, B29NGS, J29C, M15LCT, M29B, M29C, M54V, serves the station from nearby K.M.C Hospital bus stand.


Rail

Chetput railway station


Entry/Exit


See also

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Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
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Chetput (Chennai) Chetpet is a locality in the Indian city of Chennai It is served by Chetpet railway station in the Beach–Tambaram line of Chennai Suburban Railway. Chetpet has a pond between the Chetpet railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of th ...
*
Chetput Lake Chetpet lake (Chethupattu Aeri) is a lake spread over 16 acres in Chetput, Chennai, India. It is located to the north of Chetpet railway station. It is the only existing lake at the centre of the city. The lake belongs to the Department of Fishe ...
* List of Chennai metro stations *
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 ...
*
Railway stations in Chennai Chennai, the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and the headquarters of the Southern Railway zone, is a major rail transport hub in the country. It has over 40 railway stations which are part of an extensive suburban railway n ...
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Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System 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 coun ...
*
Chennai Monorail Chennai Monorail was a proposal for a number of lines as part of mass transit system for the Indian city of Chennai. Originally the city planned to use monorail on all lines but many were subsequently changed to railways as part of the Chenna ...
* Chennai Suburban Railway * Chetput railway station *
Transport in Chennai Transport in Chennai includes various modes of air, sea, road and rail transportation in the city and its suburbs. Chennai's economic development has been closely tied to its port and transport infrastructure, and it is considered one of the best ...
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Urban rail transit in India Urban rail transit in India plays an important role in intracity transportation in the major cities which are highly populated. It consists of rapid transit, suburban rail, monorail and tram systems. According to a report published in 2021, a ...
* List of metro systems


References


External links

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''UrbanRail.Net''
– descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. * {{Transport in Chennai Chennai Metro stations Railway stations in Chennai