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{{Infobox station <br />
| name = Kotturpuram<br />
| type = [[Chennai MRTS]] station<br />
| style = Chennai MRTS<br />
| image = [[File:Kotturpuram railway station.jpg|300px]]<br />
| image_caption = Kotturpuram railway station<br />
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| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu<br />
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| structure = Elevated<br />
| platform = 2 [[side platforms]] (280&nbsp;m)<br />
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| tracks = 2<br />
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| opened = 26 January 2004<br />
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| code = KTPM<br />
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'''Kotturpuram''' is a railway station on the [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System|Chennai MRTS]]. Situated on the banks of the Buckingham canal, the station is accessible through Ponniamman Koil Road in [[Kotturpuram]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Kotturpuram station was opened on 26 January 2004, as part of the second phase of the Chennai MRTS network.<br />
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==Structure==<br />
The elevated station is built on the eastern banks of [[Buckingham Canal]] south of [[Adyar river]]. The length of the platform is 280&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| title = MRTS Phase-II Extension <br />
| work = Development of MRTS in Chennai <br />
| publisher = CMDA<br />
| url = http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/mrts_phase2_extension.htm<br />
| access-date = 20 Aug 2012}}</ref> The station building consists of 4,312&nbsp;sq&nbsp;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 Aug 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Service and connections==<br />
Kotturpuram station is the eleventh station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the seventh 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|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/1482891 Park near Kotturpuram MRTS soon], [http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Park-near-Kotturpuram-MRTS-soon/2013/08/13/article1731286.ece The New Indian Express, 13 Aug 2013, Chennai]<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]<br />
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