Thirumayilai_railway_station

Thirumayilai railway station

Thirumayilai railway station

Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India

Thirumayilai MRTS station, or simply Mylapore railway station, is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was started in 1997 which marked the completion of Phase I of the Chennai MRTS project.[1] The station is located on the bank of Buckingham Canal, accessible from Ramakrishna Mutt road near Luz Corner. The Station building also comprises the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) office and Southern Railway's Computerized Ticket Reservation Centre.[2] The Station building consists of 1050 sq.m of parking area in its basement.[3]

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The station is about 13.540 metres from mean sea level.

Station layout

Thirumayilai track layout
Legend
to Mundagakanniamman Koil
P2
P1
to Mandaveli
Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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 Disabled access
Platform 2
Northbound		 Towards → Chennai Beach next station is Mundagakanniamman Koil
Platform 1
Southbound		 Towards ← Velacherry next station is Mandaveli
(to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Developments

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, Thiruvanmiyur and Velachery.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ajai Sreevatsan (31 October 2011). "EVOLUTION OF CHENNAI'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM" (PDF). The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    Shashank Venugopal (4 June 2011). "Mylapore MRTS station dirty". Mylapore Times. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. [3]
    R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    Narayanan, Vivek (28 September 2013). "Missed a meal? Grab a bite at MRTS station in Chennai". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 18 April 2014.


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