page_title: Chennai Park Town railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Chennai Park Town railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Western view of Chennai Park Town MRTS railway station, taken on 15 July 2014, afternoon.
context_page_description: Chennai Park Town is a station on the Chennai MRTS. Located just to the east of Pallavan Salai and to the south of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in the Park Town neighbourhood of Chennai, it exclusively serves the 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.
context_section_description: The Chennai Park Town station opened on 1 November 1995, as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.
caption: Western view of the station
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