Velachery
The Velachery MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in Chennai. It is located near the junction of Velachery Main Road and Inner Ring Road in Velachery. The station is built on the northern banks of Pallikaranai wetland.Photo: Simply CVR, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Tamil Nadu
- Also known as: “Velachery railway station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pallikaranai Marsh and Perungudi railway station.
Pallikaranai Marsh
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pallikaranai Marsh is a freshwater marsh in the city of Chennai, India. It is situated adjacent to the Bay of Bengal, about 20 kilometres south of the city centre, and has a geographical area of 80 square kilometres.
Perungudi railway station
Railway station
Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It serves the neighbourhood of Perungudi, including localities such as Indira Nagar, Park Avenue and Tansi Nagar. It is located 1.3 km from the Perungudi Lake. Perungudi railway station is situated 1½ km northeast of Velachery.
Puzhuthivakkam railway station
Railway station
Puzhuthivakkam railway station is an elevated station on the Chennai MRTS in Chennai, India. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of Velachery and Puzhuthivakkam. Puzhuthivakkam railway station is situated 2 km northwest of Velachery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puzhuthivakkam and Velachery.
Puzhuthivakkam
Suburb
Puzhuthivakkam, commonly known as Ullagaram or Ullagaram–Puzhuthivakkam, is a southern neighbourhood of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. Puzhuthivakkam loosely translates to dust neighborhood.
Velachery
Suburb
Photo: Simply CVR, CC BY 2.0.
Velachery is a neighbourhood of Chennai. It is located in the southern part of the Chennai city sharing borders with Guindy in the north, Taramani in the east, Perungudi in the south-east, Pallikaranai in the south, Madipakkam in south-west, Adambakkam in the west and north-west.
Adambakkam
Suburb
Photo: Ganeshk, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Adambakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is primarily a residential locality situated in South Chennai. Adambakkam area comes under Velachery taluk and Alandur taluk, Chennai District of Chennai Corporation.
Velachery
- Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
12.96762° or 12° 58′ 3″ northLongitude
80.21951° or 80° 13′ 10″ eastOperator
SRNetwork
IROpen location code
7M42X699+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5311755242OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7918772
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Velachery” goes by many names.
- French: “Velachery”
- Hindi: “वेलाचेरी रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Hindi: “वेलाचेरी”
- Malayalam: “വേലാച്ചേരി റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Santali: “ᱵᱷᱮᱞᱟᱪᱮᱨᱤ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Tamil: “வேளச்சேரி இரயில் நிலையம்”
- Tamil: “வேளச்சேரி தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
- Urdu: “ویلاچیری ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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