Korukkupet is a neighbourhood in the northern part of

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 ...

. It is served by the

Korukkupet railway station Korukkupet railway station is one of the railway station of the Chennai Central–Gummidipoondi section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Korukkupet, a suburb of Chennai, and is located 4 km north of Ch ...

Location

Korukkupet shares its boundaries with Mint and Basin Bridge in the south, Tondiarpet in the north, Washermanpet in the east and Buckingham Canal and Vyasarpadi in the west.

Infrastructure

As of 2010, a flyover is under construction at the Cocraine Basin Road

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...

which is expected to ease congestion in the area; however, it has been delayed.

Transport

; MTC routes: ;Rail The Korukkupet railway station is on the Chennai Central-Gummidipoondi/Sulurpet line. ; Metro Rail The area is located around 2 km distance from

Washermanpet metro station Washermanpet Metro station is a Metro railway station on Line 1 of the Chennai Metro. The station is one among the 17 stations along Blue Line (Chennai Metro) of the Chennai Metro. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Washermanpet and Roya ...

. Now under construction of Korukkupet metro rail station in under Sir Thiyagaraya college campus in Thiruvottiyur highway.

References

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