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Greenways Road railway station

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Greenways Road


Pasumaivazhi Salai
Chennai MRTS station
General information
Coordinates13°01′14″N 80°15′07″E / 13.020666°N 80.252005°E / 13.020666; 80.252005
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Velachery **
Platform-2 → Chennai Beach
** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) (280 m)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened26 January 2004
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station
Mandaveli Line 1 Kotturpuram
towards Velachery
Line 1
(Future Service)
Kotturpuram
Location
Map

Greenways Road is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Located on Greenways Road, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.

History

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Greenways Road station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

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The elevated station is built on the eastern bank of Buckingham Canal adjacent to the junction of the Buckingham Canal with Adyar River. Like most other stations along the Chennai MRTS route, Greenways Road features 2 side platforms, which the length of each platform being 280 metres.[1] The station building consists of 3,300 sq m of parking area in its basement.[2]

Station layout

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Greenways Road track layout
P2
P1
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 Disabled access
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards → Chennai Beach
Next Station: Mandaveli
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards ← Velacherry
Next Station: Kotturpuram
(to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Service and connections

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Greenways Road is the tenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the eight station towards Chennai Beach station.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MRTS Phase-II Extension". Development of MRTS in Chennai. CMDA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.