Kasturiba Nagar
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Chennai MRTS station | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°00′20″N 80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°ECoordinates: 13°00′20″N 80°14′52″E / 13.005441°N 80.247713°E | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms (280 m) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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Opened | 26 January 2004 | ||||||||||
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Kasturiba Nagar (also spelled Kasturibai Nagar) is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. Located near the Madhya Kailash junction on Rajiv Gandhi Salai, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.
Kasturiba Nagar station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network. The station was built by Larson & Toubro Limited.
The elevated station is built on the western banks of Buckingham Canal. The length of the platform is 280 m. The station building consists of 3,200 sq m of parking area in its basement.
Kasturiba Nagar station is the twelfth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the sixth station towards Chennai Beach station