Chintadripet Chintadripettai | |||||||||||||||
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 Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||||||
 Chintadripet MRTS Station | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 13°04′26″N 80°16′26″E / 13.073759°N 80.273846°E | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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Chintadripet is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was opened in November 1995. It is built on the bank of Cooum River alongside Arunachala Street, opposite the new secretariat building.[1] The station will be connected with the Chennai Metro Government Estate station, which is currently under construction.[2] The station building contains a 1150 square metres parking area in its lower level.[3]
- ^ Sreevatsan, Ajai (17 March 2010), "Chintadripet station looks better thanks to free flow of funds", The Hindu, archived from the original on 22 March 2010, retrieved 18 August 2012
- ^ Meera Srinivasan (27 April 2012). "Witnessing the making of a Metro station". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking - Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.