Adambakkam railway station

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Adambakkam is a station under construction on the Chennai MRTS. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of Adambakkam.

History

As of 2022, Adambakkam station was still under construction and is expected to be opened soon, as part of the second-phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network.{{cite web|title=Southern Railway - Budget Highlights-2012-13—Specific Items for Southern Railway Budget 2012-13|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,746|work=Southern Railways|accessdate=12 Jan 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115192249/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C746|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|title=MRTS upto St. Thomas Mount back on track|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mrts-upto-st-thomas-mount-back-on-track/article4000113.ece|accessdate=16 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 October 2012}}

Service and connections

Adambakkam station will be the 20th station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it will be the second station towards Chennai Beach station.

Station access through road

This MRTS station is being constructed at the western end of the southern arm of the Inner Ring Road (IRR).

Major road access to this station are from

Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST/NH45) – from the intersection near Officers Training Academy and Nanganallur Road metro station
Inner Ring Road
Mount–Medavakkam road

Adambakkam railway station

History

Service and connections

Station access through road

See also

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