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Perungudi railway station

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Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
19 November 2007

Structure type
  
At Grade

Platforms in use
  
2

Perungudi railway station

Address
  
Taramani Station road, Udayam Nagar, Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600078

Similar
  
Taramani railway station, Velachery railway station, Kotturpuram railway station, Mrugavani National Park, Chennai Park Town railway st

Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It serves the neighbourhood of Perungudi, including localities such as Indira Nagar, Park Avenue and Tansi Nagar.

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History

Perungudi station was opened on 19 November 2007, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

The length of the platform is 280 m. The station premises includes 8,080 sq m of open parking area.

A two-wheeler parking lot was created at the station in 2011, where about 150 to 200 two-wheelers and bicycles are parked every day.

Service and connections

Perungudi station is the sixteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the second station towards Chennai Beach station 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.

References

Perungudi railway station Wikipedia