Pulhuthivakkam railway station

Pulhuthivakkam, also spelled Puzhuthivakkam, is a station under construction on the Chennai MRTS in Chennai, India. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of Velachery.

Pulhuthivakkam
Chennai MRTS station
Pulhuthivakkam Railway Station Entrance
General information
Coordinates	12°58′39″N 80°12′16″E
Tracks	2
History
Opened	(still under construction)
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Velachery towards Chennai Beach Line 1 Adambakkam towards St. Thomas Mount
Location Pulhuthivakkam Location within Chennai Show map of Chennai Pulhuthivakkam Pulhuthivakkam (Tamil Nadu) Show map of Tamil Nadu

History

Pulhuthivakkam station was expected to be opened in 2013, as part of the second phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network,^[1][2] but construction was still under way in 2022. As of February 2019, it is still under construction. With the court dismissing all the cases against land acquisition for construction of railway line in 2018, the station is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.^[3]

Service and connections

Pulhuthivakkam station will be the 19th station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it will be the third station towards Chennai Beach station.

See also

• India portal

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai