Velachery railway station
Velachery | |||||||||||||||
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 Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
 Velachery MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°58′03″N 80°13′08″E / 12.967387°N 80.218965°E | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here ** Platform-4 → Chennai Beach (280 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | VLCY | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 November 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2009–10 | 50,000/day | ||||||||||||||
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The Velachery MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in Chennai. It is located near the junction of Velachery Main Road and Inner Ring Road in Velachery. The station is built on the northern banks of Pallikaranai wetland.
History
[edit]The station was opened on 19 November 2007. The EMU maintenance shed at the station was opened in 2008.
Structure
[edit]The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station premises also consists of 12,250 sq m of open parking area.[2]
Station layout
[edit]Velacherry track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with three tracks | One Side & Island platform
** Further Extension to St. Thomas Mount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street Level & Mezzanine | Exit/ Entrance, Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Perungudi | |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Train Terminates Here (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 3 Eastbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Perungudi | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| P | ||
EMU shed
[edit]The station has a massive shed for preventive maintenance of electrical multiple unit (EMU) rakes, which is spread over 44 hectares.[3] Before the opening of the shed in 2008, maintenance of the all MRTS rakes were being sent to Avadi.[4] However, the shed has been lying in disuse for the past few years. Due to this, there are currently no mid-night services between Chennai Beach station and Velachery.[3]
Additional infrastructure
[edit]A bus bay in front of the station, set to become the biggest in south Chennai, is under construction at a cost of ₹ 100 million, jointly executed by the Southern Railway and the state government. To be built in about 60,000 sq m of land, the depot will be owned by the state government.[5]
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.[6]
Patronage
[edit]The station primarily serves the residential community of Velachery and its neighbouring suburbs such as Madipakkam, Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam, Adambakkam and Pallikaranai.[7] The Velachery station receives the highest patronage among all the MRTS stations.[8]
Developments
[edit]In September 2013, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) invited tenders for setting up a food plaza in the station, along with two other stations, namely, Thirumayilai and Thiruvanmiyur.[9]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ a b Oppili, P.; Vivek Narayanan (12 November 2013). "EMU shed lies unused in Velachery". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "New MRTS station coming up". The Hindu. Chennai. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Mariappan, Julie (16 June 2011). "Work begins on 15-acre bus bay". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ "3.4-km-long road to connect MRTS stations in Chennai". The Hindu. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Link road suffers from encroachment". The Hindu. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ Ajai Sreevatsan (15 November 2009). "Poor patronage at some MRTS stations". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ Narayanan, Vivek (28 September 2013). "Missed a meal? Grab a bite at MRTS station in Chennai". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.