Taramani is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS in Chennai, India. Located off MGR Main Road in Taramani, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
Taramani | |||||||||||||||
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 Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
 MRTS station at Tharamani | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°58′43″N 80°14′27″E / 12.978678°N 80.240927°E | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 November 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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History edit
Taramani station was opened on 19 November 2007, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
Structure edit
The length of the platform is 280 m.[1] The station premises includes 9,080 sq m of open parking area.[2]
Station layout edit
Taramani track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
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| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Thiruvanmiyur | |
| Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← Velacherry next station is Perungudi (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
Service and connections edit
Taramani station is the fifteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the third station towards Chennai Beach station[3] 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.[4][5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ R. Srikanth (2 June 2009). "Preliminary work begins on road along MRTS at Perungudi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "3.4-km-long road to connect MRTS stations in Chennai". The Hindu. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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