Thirumayilai railway station

Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India

13°02′06″N 80°16′02″E / 13.035047°N 80.267181°E / 13.035047; 80.267181Platforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedHistoryOpened19 October 1997Passengers2009–103,235 per day (average) Services

Preceding station	Chennai MRTS			Following station
Mundagakanniamman Koil towards Chennai Beach		Line 1		Mandaveli towards St. Thomas Mount

Location

Thirumayilai

Location within India

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Thirumayilai

Thirumayilai (Tamil Nadu)

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Thirumayilai MRTS station, or simply Mylapore railway station, is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was started in 1997 which marked the completion of Phase I of the Chennai MRTS project.^[1] The station is located on the bank of Buckingham Canal, accessible from Ramakrishna Mutt road near Luz Corner. The Station building also comprises the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) office and Southern Railway's Computerized Ticket Reservation Centre.^[2] The Station building consists of 1050 sq.m of parking area in its basement.^[3]

The station is about 13.540 metres from mean sea level.

Developments

In September 2013, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) invited tenders for setting up a food plaza in the station, along with two other stations, namely, Thiruvanmiyur and Velachery.^[4]

References

^ Ajai Sreevatsan (31 October 2011). "EVOLUTION OF CHENNAI'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM" (PDF). The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
^ Shashank Venugopal (4 June 2011). "Mylapore MRTS station dirty". Mylapore Times. 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.
^ Narayanan, Vivek (28 September 2013). "Missed a meal? Grab a bite at MRTS station in Chennai". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 18 April 2014.