Puzhuthivakkam railway station is an elevated station on the Chennai MRTS in Chennai, India. The station exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS and serves the neighbourhood of Velachery and Puzhuthivakkam.

History Puzhuthivakkam station was expected to be opened in 2013, as part of the second phase extension of the Chennai MRTS network, from Velachery to St. Thomas Mount but construction faced multiple delays due to land acquisition issues. With the court dismissing all the cases against land acquisition for construction, the station was expected to be completed by the end of 2024, but multiple deadlines were revised. The station opened on 14 March 2026, with the commissioning of last leg of MRTS stretch from Velachery to St. Thomas Mount.

Structure

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1MezzanineFare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machinesL2Side platform | Doors will open on the left Platform 2EastboundTowards → Next Station: Platform 1WestboundTowards ← St. Thomas MountNext Station: Side platform | Doors will open on the left L2

Service and connections Puzhuthivakkam station will be the 19th station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it will be the third station towards Chennai Beach station.

The station also connects to Chennai Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses that ply on the Inner Ring Road heading East (towards Velacheri) and West (towards Medavakkam main road and Grand Southern Trunk road). Some prominent connecting routes include: +RouteRoute informationviaM14Eastbound to Medavakkam Koot RoadSt. Thomas Mount, Vanuvampet, Kilkattalai, Kovilambakkam, Vellaikal18DWestbound to Broadway/Royapuram and Eastbound to KilkattalaiM.G.R Central, P.OR.R Sons, L.I.C, D.M.S, Teynampet, Nandanam, Saidapet, Little Mount, Guindy, N.G.O Colony, St. Thomas Mount, Vanuvampet18PNorthbound to Broadway/Royapuram and Southbound to KilkattalaiM.G.R Central, P.OR.R Sons, L.I.C, D.M.S, Teynampet, Nandanam, Saidapet, Little Mount, Guindy, N.G.O Colony, Adambakkam, Puzhuthivakkam, Vanuvampet76Westbound to Koyambedu and Westbound to MedavakkamArumbakkam Metro, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkattuthangal, Alandur Metro, Vanuvampet, Kilkattalai, Kovilambakkam, Vellaikal76BWestbound to Koyambedu and Westbound to OttiyambakkamArumbakkam Metro, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkattuthangal, Alandur Metro, Vanuvampet, Kilkattalai, Kovilambakkam, Vellaikal, Medavakkam, Chithalakappam51R and M51RNorthbound to Royapuram and Southbound to Puzhuthivakkam bus terminusRoyapuram B.S., Parrys Corner, M.G.R Central, P.OR.R Sons, T.V.S, D.M.S, Teynampet, Saidapet, Concorde, Guindy Race Course, A.G.S Colony, Kakkan Nagar (Bridge), Brindavan Colony, Puzhuthivakkam B.S.S83Northbound to Alandur Metro and Eastbound to Gurunanak CollegeSt Thomas Mount, Adambakkam, Puzhuthivakkam M.R.T.S, Velachery M.R.T.S, Velachery Vijayanagar

See also

Chennai MRTS Chennai suburban railway Chennai Metro Transport in Chennai

References