Korukkupet

13°07′07″N 80°16′41″E / 13.1186°N 80.2780°E / 13.1186; 80.2780[1]Country IndiaStateTamil NaduDistrictChennaiTalukTondiarpetMetroChennaiZoneChennaiElevation52 m (171 ft)Languages • OfficialTamilTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PINVehicle registrationTN-03

Korukkupet^[1][2][3] is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Chennai. It is served by the Korukkupet railway station.^[4][5]

Location

Korukkupet shares its boundaries with Mint and Basin Bridge in the south, Tondiarpet in the north, Washermanpet in the east and Buckingham Canal and Vyasarpadi in the west.

Infrastructure

As of 2010, a flyover is under construction at the Cocraine Basin Road level crossing which is expected to ease congestion in the area; however, it has been delayed.^[6] In Korukkupet, due to the proposed construction of Railway Over Bridge near Korukkupet railway station, on Manali road, the movements of Heavy vehicles, buses, for-wheelers, three-wheelers and two-wheelers are restricted towards Korukkupet railway crossing, till the year 2025 from the last week of January, 2023.^[7]

Transport

MTC routes

Route Number	Start	End	Via
B18	Korukkupet	Tambaram	Pallavaram, Guindy, Saidapet, SIET, DMS, TVS, Central, Beach station, Stanley, Vallalar nagar
32B	Korukkupet	V.House	Vallalar nagar, Broadway, Central, Zimson, Triplicane

Rail

The Korukkupet railway station is on the Chennai Central-Gummidipoondi/Sulurpet line.

Metro Rail

The area is located around 2 km distance from Washermanpet metro station. Now under construction of Korukkupet metro rail station in under Sir Thiyagaraya college campus,^[8] in Thiruvottiyur highway.

References

External links

• GeoHack - Korukkupet

• Central Railside Warehouse Company Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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