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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>Kasturibai Nagar
| native_name = <hr/>{{small|Kasturba Nagar}}
| type = [[Chennai MRTS]] station
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| structure = Elevated
| platform = 2 [[side platforms]] (280 m)
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| opened = 26 January 2004
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'''Kasturibai Nagar''' or '''Kasturba Nagar''' is a railway station on the [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System|Chennai MRTS]]. Located near the [[Madhya Kailash]] junction on [[Rajiv Gandhi Salai]], it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS.

==History==
Kasturiba Nagar station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network. The station was built by [[Larsen & Toubro]].<ref name="CAG_NIC_ReportNo5">{{cite web|title=Report No.5 of 2006 (Railways) |url=http://cag.nic.in/html/reports/railways/2006_5/chap_3.pdf |work=cag.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185638/http://cag.nic.in/html/reports/railways/2006_5/chap_3.pdf |archive-date= 1 February 2014 }}</ref>

==Structure==
The elevated station is built on the western banks of [[Buckingham Canal]]. The length of the platform is 280 m.<ref>{{cite web
| title = MRTS Phase-II Extension
| work = Development of MRTS in Chennai
| publisher = CMDA
| url = http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/mrts_phase2_extension.htm
| access-date = 20 Aug 2012}}</ref> The station building consists of 3,200 sq m of parking area in its basement.<ref name="cmda session">{{cite web|last=R.Ramanathan|title=Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai|url=http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/SMPS/SMPS_Session2.pdf|work=Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2|publisher=CMDA, Chennai|access-date=19 August 2012}}</ref>

==Service and connections==
Kasturiba Nagar station is the twelfth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from [[Velachery]], it is currently the sixth 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 |url-status=dead |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 }}</ref>

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

==References==
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{{Chennai MRTS}}
{{Chennai topics|left}}
{{Urban transit in Chennai}}

[[Category:Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2004]]
[[Category:Memorials to Kasturba Gandhi]]

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