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A bus bay in front of the station, set to become the biggest in south
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The station was opened on 19 November 2007. The EMU maintenance shed at the station was opened in 2008.
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1124:"Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai"
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Station with three tracks | One Side & Island platform
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1334:"Missed a meal? Grab a bite at MRTS station in Chennai"
1248:"3.4-km-long road to connect MRTS stations in Chennai"
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1000:A 3.4 km-long, 18 m-wide access road to
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1155:Oppili, P.; Vivek Narayanan (12 November 2013).
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1526:Railway stations in India opened in 2007
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1191:. Chennai. 11 July 2008. Archived from
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1332:Narayanan, Vivek (28 September 2013).
1301:"Poor patronage at some MRTS stations"
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1274:"Link road suffers from encroachment"
989:100 million, jointly executed by the
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131:Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here **
110:Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here **
1299:Ajai Sreevatsan (15 November 2009).
1157:"EMU shed lies unused in Velachery"
892:railway station in the near future)
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1391:Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
1214:Mariappan, Julie (16 June 2011).
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16:Railway station in Chennai, India
1216:"Work begins on 15-acre bus bay"
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820:Street Level & Mezzanine
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1093:"MRTS Phase-II Extension"
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86:12.967387°N 80.218965°E
1505:St. Thomas Mount (u/c)
1440:Mundagakanniamman Koil
1099:. CMDA. Archived from
370:Velachery MRTS Station
54:Velachery MRTS station
798:Further Extension to
1495:Puzhuthivakkam (u/c)
1073:Transport in Chennai
382:Pallikaranai wetland
91:12.967387; 80.218965
1313:on 20 November 2009
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60:General information
1254:. 15 December 2013
1221:The Times of India
273:Following station
265:Preceding station
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133:Platform-3 →
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1346:. Retrieved
1342:the original
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1315:. Retrieved
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1105:. Retrieved
1101:the original
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1058:Chennai MRTS
1042:Thirumayilai
1039:
1036:Developments
1030:Pallikaranai
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269:Chennai MRTS
210:Station code
176:Construction
163:(280 m)
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41:Chennai MRTS
18:
1460:Kotturpuram
1435:Light House
1258:21 December
1232:24 November
1199:15 February
1167:16 November
854:Towards →
89: /
65:Coordinates
1520:Categories
1079:References
1026:Adambakkam
1018:Madipakkam
928:Towards →
919:Platform 3
873:Platform 2
845:Platform 1
243:50,000/day
231:Passengers
77:80°13′08″E
74:12°58′03″N
1490:Velachery
1485:Perungudi
1450:Mandaveli
1338:The Hindu
1317:18 August
1306:The Hindu
1284:18 August
1278:The Hindu
1252:The Hindu
1188:The Hindu
1163:. Chennai
1161:The Hindu
1137:19 August
1107:20 August
1012:Patronage
938:Perungudi
923:Eastbound
877:Westbound
864:Perungudi
849:Eastbound
739:Perungudi
486:Perungudi
396:Structure
378:Velachery
279:Perungudi
102:Platforms
27:Velachery
1480:Taramani
1398:Stations
1348:18 April
1052:See also
993:and the
968:EMU shed
353:Location
323:towards
299:Terminus
282:towards
256:Services
184:At grade
1425:Chepauk
388:History
240:2009–10
218:History
197:Parking
43:station
424:Legend
308:Line 1
292:Line 1
223:Opened
168:Tracks
1127:(PDF)
975:Avadi
1350:2014
1319:2012
1286:2012
1260:2013
1234:2012
1201:2014
1169:2013
1139:2012
1109:2012
1044:and
1028:and
1004:and
368:The
213:VLCY
795:**
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484:to
200:Yes
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1159:.
1147:^
1129:.
1095:.
1048:.
1024:,
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909:P3
905:P2
903:|
702:P3
681:P2
528:P2
500:P1
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