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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kilambakkam<br />
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| settlement_type = [[Neighbourhood]]<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Kilambakkam, Tamil Nadu<br />
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| subdivision_type2 = [[Metropolitan area|Metro]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Taluk<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Vandalur]]<br />
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| elevation_m = 57<br />
| postal_code_type = PIN<br />
| postal_code = 600048<br />
| registration_plate = TN-11<br />
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name4 = [[Chengalpattu district| Chengalpattu]]<br />
| subdivision_type5 = City<br />
| subdivision_name5 = [[Tambaram]]<br />
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'''Kilambakkam''' is a neighborhood in [[Tambaram]], [[Chennai City]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It is located between [[Vandalur]] and [[Urapakkam]] along Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road). It is the entrance gateway for the [[Chennai metropolitan area]] from the southern end. [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]] has constructed a bus terminus for South bound buses and Extension of Metro Rail Phase 1 of [[Chennai Metro|Chennai Metro Rail Limited]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kilambakkam-metro-line-to-bring-southern-suburbs-closer/articleshow/72248322.cms|title=Kilambakkam metro line to bring southern suburbs closer|date=27 November 2019|first=U.|last=Tejonmayam|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref> <br />
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Kilambakkam is part of [[Chennai]] [[Tambaram City Municipal Corporation]].<br />
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== Developments ==<br />
Due to heavy congestion in [[Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus]] in [[Koyambedu]] and High traffic within Chennai City, [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]] has constructed a satellite bus terminus on the outskirts of Chennai.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/bus-terminus-at-kilambakkam-coming-in-18-months/article26345331.ece|title=Bus terminus at Kilambakkam coming in 18 months|date=2019-02-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-12-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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All the buses bounding to southern districts depart from the [[Kilambakkam bus terminus|Kilambakkam Mofussil Bus Terminus (KMBT)]] and also halts at this place instead of plying towards CMBT in Koyambedu. The new bus terminus is located very close to [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]] in [[Vandalur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2019/feb/22/kilambakkam-bus-terminus-cm-to-break-ground-today-1942102.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224044450/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2019/feb/22/kilambakkam-bus-terminus-cm-to-break-ground-today-1942102.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2019|title=Kilambakkam bus terminus: CM to break ground today|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref><br />
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Chennai Metro Rail Limited also announced the extension of Corridor 1 in Chennai Metro Rail Phase I from Airport to Kilambakkam via [[Pallavaram]], [[Tambaram]], [[Perungalathur]] and [[Vandalur]] to connect the areas within the city to the proposed new bus terminus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-to-connect-airport-with-kilambakkam/article29948180.ece|title=Chennai Metro to connect Airport with Kilambakkam|last=Sekar|first=Sunitha|date=2019-11-12|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-12-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Chennai Airport - Kilambakkam metro line project is under active consideration of the State Government of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sekar |first=Sunitha |date=2023-01-29 |title=Residents want Airport-Kilambakkam Metro line to be implemented quickly |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/residents-want-airport-kilambakkam-metro-line-to-be-implemented-quickly/article66446831.ece |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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With [[Kilambakkam railway station]] under construction, the neighborhoods of Kilambakkam are currently served by [[Vandalur railway station|Vandalur Railway Station]] of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway|Chennai Suburban Railway Network]].<br />
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