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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Korukkupet
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Tamil
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[Neighbourhood]]
| image_skyline = Korukkupet railway station.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Korukkupet railway station
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| pushpin_map_caption = Korukkupet (Chennai)
| coordinates = {{coord|13.1186|N|80.2780|E|display=inline,title}}[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Korukkupet&params=13.1186_N_80.2780_E_type:city_region:IN-TN]
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai district|Chennai]]
| subdivision_type3 = Taluk
| subdivision_name3 = [[Tondiarpet taluk|Tondiarpet]]
| subdivision_type4 = Metro
| subdivision_name4 = [[Chennai]]
| subdivision_type5 = Zone
| subdivision_name5 = [[Chennai]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 52
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]s
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 600021
| registration_plate = TN-03
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'''Korukkupet'''<ref>{{Cite book |author=India Parliament Public Accounts Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EAmLO7kqAOsC&q=Korukkupet |title=Report - Public Accounts Committee |date=1971 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLoLAAAAIAAJ&q=Korukkupet |title=Corporation of Madras: Divisions and Streets |date=1988 |publisher=Geethalakshmi Commercial Law Publications |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Rina Kamath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bw2vDg2fTrMC&dq=Korukkupet&pg=PA244 |title=Chennai |date=2000 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-1378-5 |language=en}}</ref> is a neighbourhood in the northern part of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is served by the [[Korukkupet railway station]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=T S Atul Swaminathan |date=2020-01-11 |title=Residents seek vehicular subway near Korukkupet railway station |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/residents-seek-vehicular-subway-near-korukkupet-railway-station/article30543745.ece |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Korukkupet Railway Station Map/Atlas SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/korukkupet-kok/6634 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>

==Location==
Korukkupet shares its boundaries with Mint and Basin Bridge in the south, Tondiarpet in the north, Washermanpet in the east and Buckingham Canal and Vyasarpadi in the west.

==Infrastructure==
As of 2010, a [[Overpass|flyover]] is under construction at the Cocraine Basin Road [[level crossing]] which is expected to ease congestion in the area; however, it has been delayed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-25/chennai/28313700_1_level-crossing-southern-railway-kathivakkam-high-road|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103104424/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-25/chennai/28313700_1_level-crossing-southern-railway-kathivakkam-high-road|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Korukkupet flyover remains on paper|last=Mariappan|first=Julie|date=25 June 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> In Korukkupet, due to the proposed construction of Railway Over Bridge near Korukkupet railway station, on Manali road, the movements of Heavy vehicles, buses, for-wheelers, three-wheelers and two-wheelers are restricted towards Korukkupet railway crossing, till the year 2025 from the last week of January, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title=Traffic diversions for two years in Chennai's Korukkupet for railway overbridge construction |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/chennai-korukkupet-traffic-diversions-overbridge-construction-8394677/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Transport==
===[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|MTC]] routes===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Route Number
!Start
!End
!Via
|-
|B18
|Korukkupet
|[[Tambaram]]
| Pallavaram, Guindy, Saidapet, SIET, DMS, TVS, Central, Beach station, Stanley, Vallalar nagar
|-
|32B
|Korukkupet
|[[V.House]]
|Vallalar nagar, Broadway, Central, Zimson, Triplicane
|}
===Rail===
The Korukkupet railway station is on the Chennai Central-Gummidipoondi/Sulurpet line.
===Metro Rail===
The area is located around 2 km distance from [[Washermanpet metro station]]. Now under construction of Korukkupet metro rail station in under Sir Thiyagaraya college campus,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-22 |title=Work on North Chennai underground metro to get over soon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/work-on-north-chennai-underground-metro-to-get-over-soon/articleshow/64268763.cms |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> in Thiruvottiyur highway.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Korukkupet&params=13.1186_N_80.2780_E_type:city_region:IN-TN GeoHack - Korukkupet]

*[http://crwc.in/CRWC/facilities_ou/rwc_korrukupet Central Railside Warehouse Company] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225517/http://crwc.in/CRWC/facilities_ou/rwc_korrukupet |date=3 March 2016 }}

* [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/work-on-north-chennai-underground-metro-to-get-over-soon/articleshow/64268763.cms]

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Abhinavsinghshiva at 19:31, 31 October 2024