Mandaveli railway station
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Mandaveli is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Located across the Venkatakrishna Road at Mandaveli, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
Mandaveli | |||||||||||||||
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Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°01′41″N 80°15′38″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 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 26 January 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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Mandaveli station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
The station is elevated and is built along the Buckingham Canal, covering both its banks. The station features two side platforms, and each are 280 metres long.[1] The station building consists of 1,900 sq m of parking area in its basement.[2]
Mandaveli track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Thirumayilai | |
Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Greenways Road (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future) | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
L2 | ||
Mandaveli station is the ninth station on the MRTS line to Velachery as well as in the return direction from Velachery.[3]