Puzhuthivakkam is a station under construction on the

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, India. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of Velachery.

History

Puzhuthivakkam station was expected to be opened in 2013, as part of the second phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network, but construction was still under way in 2022. As of February 2019, it is still under construction. With the court dismissing all the cases against land acquisition for construction of railway line in 2018, the station is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

Service and connections

Puzhuthivakkam station will be the 19th station on the MRTS line to

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. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it will be the third station towards

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History

Service and connections

See also

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