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Tiruvallikeni Triplicane
Chennai MRTS station
General information
Coordinates	13°03′19″N 80°16′50″E / 13.055415°N 80.28057°E / 13.055415; 80.28057
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extenstion to St. Thomas Mount in the near future)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	19 October 1997
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Chepauktowards Chennai Beach Line 1 Light Housetowards Velachery Line 1(Future Service) Light Housetowards St. Thomas Mount
Location

Thiruvallikeni is a station on the Chennai MRTS. Located just behind the Marina Campus of the University of Madras along the Marina Beach, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS. The station serves the neighbourhood of Triplicane.

History

Thiruvallikeni station was opened on 19 October 1997, as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

The station is an elevated one built on the banks of the Buckingham Canal like most other MRTS stations. The station building consists of 940 sq m of parking area in its basement.

Station layout

Thiruvallikeni track layout
Legend
to Chepauk P2P1 to Light House
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
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Chepauk
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Light House (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount railway station in the near future)
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Service and connections

Thiruvallikeni station is the sixth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the thirteenth station towards Chennai Beach station, which will become the sixteenth station upon completion of the entire stretch up to St. Thomas Mount.

See also

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai

References

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

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