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Korukkupet

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Settlement type Neighbourhood
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Korukkupet[1][2][3] is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is served by the Korukkupet railway station.[4][5]

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 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.[6] 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.[7]

Transport

MTC routes

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,[8] in Thiruvottiyur highway.

References

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  1. Report - Public Accounts Committee{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha Secretariat.(1971)
  2. Corporation of Madras: Divisions and Streets{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Geethalakshmi Commercial Law Publications(1988)
  3. Chennai{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Orient Blackswan(2000). ISBN 978-81-250-1378-5
  4. Residents seek vehicular subway near Korukkupet railway station. The Hindu(2020-01-11). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  5. Korukkupet Railway Station Map/Atlas SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry. indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. Korukkupet flyover remains on paper, Mariappan, Julie(25 June 2010). Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. Traffic diversions for two years in Chennai's Korukkupet for railway overbridge construction. The Indian Express(2023-01-20). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  8. Work on North Chennai underground metro to get over soon. The Times of India(2018-05-22). Retrieved 2023-09-05.

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