Perungudi railway station
Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India
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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. It is located 1.3 km (0.81 mi) from the Perungudi Lake.[1]
Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount
Platform-2 → Chennai Beach
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Perungudi MRTS Station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°58′31″N 80°13′53″E | ||||||||||
| System | Chennai MRTS | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount Platform-2 → Chennai Beach | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||
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| Station code | PRGD | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 November 2007 | ||||||||||
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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 (920 ft).[2] The station premises includes 8,080 m2 (87,000 sq ft) of open parking area.[3]
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.[4]
Station Layout
| G | Street level & Mezzanine | Exit/Entrance, Fare control, Station agent, Token vending machines, Crossover |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left  | |
| Platform 2 Eastbound |
Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Taramani | |
| Platform 1 Westbound |
Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: Velachery | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| P | ||
Service and connections
Perungudi station is the sixteenth station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it is currently the fifth station towards Chennai Beach station[5] A 3.4 km-long (2.1 mi), 18 m-wide (59 ft) access road to Perungudi station and Taramani station is being constructed along the MRTS line from Velachery to Taramani.[6][7]
