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{{Short description|Railway station in Chennai, India}}
{{Distinguish|Chennai Park railway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Park Town
| symbol             = suburban
| symbol_location    = chennai
| system             = [[Chennai MRTS]]
| style              = Indian Railways
| image              = ChennaiParkTown StationOuterBuilding.jpg
| image_caption      = Chennai Park Town MRTS station
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| mapframe-marker    = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #FF9900
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
| line               = 
| other              = 
| structure          = At Grade
| platform           = [[Island Platform]]<br/>
Platform-1 → {{stl|Chennai MRTS|St. Thomas Mount}}<br/>Platform-2 → {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chennai Beach}}
| depth              = 
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| tracks             = 2
| parking            = 
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| opened             = 1 November 1995
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| status             = Active
| electrified        = Yes
| accessible         = 
| code               = MPKT
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| passengers         = 30,000/day
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| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chennai MRTS|line=1||left1=Chennai Fort|to-left1=Chennai Beach|right1=Chintadripet|to-right1=St. Thomas Mount}}
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'''Chennai Park Town''', or just '''Park Town''', is a railway station on the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS]]. Located just to the east of Pallavan Salai and to the south of the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai|Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital]] in the [[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]] neighbourhood of Chennai, it exclusively serves the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS]]. The station is adjacent to [[Chennai Park]], which serves the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]. It is also within walking distance to [[Chennai Central]]. Although within walking distance, a 1&nbsp;km overhead pedestrian walkway is being planned to connect [[Chennai Central]] with the MRTS station.

==History==
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The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995,<ref>{{cite news|author= Ajai Sreevatsan|title=Evolution of Chennai's Public Transport System|url=http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00824/Evolution_of_Chenna_824269a.pdf|access-date=29 Feb 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 October 2011|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> as part of the first phase of the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS network]].

==Structure==
The stations is currently located at ground level, although the MRTS route begins its ascent to an elevated viaduct for much of its route. This MRTS station has one level - platform with concourse and street level. 
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| title = Chennai Park Town track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai MRTS|Line 1}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chennai Fort}} 
*'''P2'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P1'''
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chintadripet}}
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| bottom = <div style="width:21em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
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{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level & Mezzanine
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai MRTS|Line 1}}>'''Platform 2'''<br/>'''Eastbound'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chennai Beach}}<br><small>'''Next Station:''' {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chennai Fort}}</small>
|-
|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai MRTS|Line 1}}>'''Platform 1'''<br/>'''Westbound'''</span> 
|Towards ← {{stl|Chennai MRTS|St. Thomas Mount}}<br><small>'''Next Station:''' {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chintadripet}}</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2  align=center|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

==Service and connections==
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Chennai Park Town station is currently the third station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. From St. Thomas Mount, it is eighteenth station towards [[Chennai Beach station]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf|work=Southern Railways|access-date=18 Aug 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906183556/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The station is adjacent to the Chennai Park station, which services multiple [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] lines. Additionally, it is connected to [[Chennai Central]] and to the Chennai Central metro station. 

As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Ayyappan 
| first = V 
| title = Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services 
| newspaper = The Times of India 
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language = 
| publisher = The Times Group 
| date = 17 May 2012 
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2012/05/17&ID=Ar00200
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141128211706/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2012/05/17&ID=Ar00200
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 28 November 2014
| access-date = 15 Nov 2014}}</ref>  As of late 2023, the station is being revamped as the laying of new fourth line works between Egmore and Beach station is undergoing.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:ChennaiParkTown WesternViewWithCrowd.jpg|Western view of the station
File:ChennaiParkTown EasternViewWithTrain.jpg|An MRTS train leaving the station for Chennai Fort station
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Chennai MRTS]]
* [[Chennai suburban railway]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]

==References==
{{commons category|Chennai Park Town railway station}}
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai MRTS}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1995]]
[[Category:Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]


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