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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Chennai Park Town
| type = [[Chennai MRTS]] and [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] Station
| style = Chennai MRTS
| image = ChennaiParkTown StationOuterBuilding.jpg
| image_caption = Chennai Park Town MRTS station
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| opened = 1 November 1995
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'''Chennai Park Town''' is a station on the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS]]. Located just to the east of Pallavan Salai and to the south of the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai|Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital]] in the Park Town neighbourhood of Chennai, it exclusively serves the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS]]. The station is adjacent to [[Chennai Park]], which serves the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]. It is also within walking distance to [[Chennai Central]]. Although within walking distance, a 1 km overhead pedestrian walkway is being planned to connect [[Chennai Central]] with the MRTS station. Beware of thieves in this station as many mobile theft/snatching incidents has been taken place in Park Town station.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

==History==
[[File:ChennaiParkTown WesternViewWithCrowd.jpg|210px|left|thumb|Western view of the station]]
[[File:ChennaiParkTown EasternViewWithTrain.jpg|210px|thumb|An MRTS train leaving the station for Chennai Fort station]]
{{Expand section|date=August 2012}}
The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995,<ref>{{cite news|author= Ajai Sreevatsan|title=Evolution of Chennai's Public Transport System|url=http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00824/Evolution_of_Chenna_824269a.pdf|access-date=29 Feb 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 October 2011|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> as part of the first phase of the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS network]].

==Structure==
{{Expand section|date=August 2012}}
The stations is currently located at ground level, although the MRTS route begins its ascent to an elevated viaduct for much of its route.

==Service and connections==
{{Expand section|date=August 2012}}
Chennai Park Town station is currently the third station on the MRTS line to Velachery. From Velachery, it is fifteenth 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|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|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The station is adjacent to the Chennai Park station, which services multiple [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] lines. Additionally, it is planned to be connected to [[Chennai Central]] and the future Chennai Central metro station, when the [[Chennai Metro]] becomes operational.

As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Ayyappan
| first = V
| title = Metro to Link Suburban, MRTS and Bus Services
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 17 May 2012
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2012/05/17&ID=Ar00200
| access-date = 15 Nov 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{commons category|Chennai Park Town railway station}}
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai MRTS}}
{{Chennai topics|left}}
{{Urban transit in Chennai}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}
{{Transport in Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Chennai MRTS stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1995]]

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