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[[File:Adambakkam Railway Station.jpg|thumb|Adambakkam railway station]]<br />
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'''Adambakkam''' is a station under construction on the [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System|Chennai MRTS]]. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of [[Adambakkam]].<br />
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==History==<br />
As of 2014, Adambakkam station was still under construction and is expected to be opened soon, as part of the second-phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Railway - Budget Highlights-2012-13—Specific Items for Southern Railway Budget 2012-13|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,746|work=Southern Railways|accessdate=12 Jan 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115192249/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C746|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="full steam ahead">{{cite news|title=MRTS upto St. Thomas Mount back on track|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mrts-upto-st-thomas-mount-back-on-track/article4000113.ece|accessdate=16 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Service and connections==<br />
Adambakkam station will be the 20th station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it will be the second station towards [[Chennai Beach station]].<br />
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==Station access through road==<br />
This MRTS station is being constructed at the western end of the southern arm of the [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]] (IRR).<br /><br />
Major road access to this station are from<br />
* Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST/NH45) – from intersection near upcoming [[OTA metro station|Officers Training Academy (OTA) Metro Rail station]]<br />
* Inner Ring Road<br />
* Mount–Medavakkam road<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105181744/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-22/chennai/28302311_1_mrts-hc-declines-railway "HC declines to shift MRTS station"], ''The Times of India'', Chennai, 22 Aug 2010<br />
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[[Category:Chennai MRTS stations]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]<br />
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