Kilambakkam is a suburban locality in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

, India. It is located between Vandalur and

Urapakkam Urapakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai and a panchayat in Chengalpattu district. As per the 2011 census, Urapakkam had a population of 29,122 individuals. It forms part of the Chengalpattu Assembly constituency and Kancheepuram Lok Sab ...

along Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road). It is the entrance gateway for the Chennai City from the southern end. CMDA is constructing a bus terminus for South bound buses and Extension of Metro Rail Phase 1 of Chennai Metro Rail Limited. Kilambakkam will be part of

Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) is a local government of the City of Tambaram within the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km in the Chengalpattu district, and has a population ...

Developments

Due to heavy congestion in Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in

Koyambedu Koyambedu is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. Situated in the western part of Chennai city, the Koyambedu area has become a major hub of activity in Chennai after the inauguration of the Koyambedu market in 1996 and the Chennai Mofussil Bus ...

and High traffic within Chennai City, CMDA has planned to construct a satellite bus terminus on the outskirts of Chennai. All the buses bounding to southern districts will departs from the proposed Kilambakkam Mofussil Bus Terminus (KMBT) and also halts at this place instead of plying towards CMBT in Koyambedu. The new bus terminus will be located very close to Chennai Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur. Chennai Metro Rail Limited also announced the extension of Corridor 1 in Chennai Metro Rail Phase I from Airport to Kilambakkam via Pallavaram,

Tambaram Tambaram is a city located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The city is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation. Etymology Tambaram is an ancient town referred to as Taamapuram in an inscrip ...

Perungalathur Perungalathur () is a neighborhood in the city of Tambaram, South Chennai, situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu, India. Formerly a Town Panchayat,it was merged into the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation in November ...

and Vandalur to connect the areas within the city to the proposed new bus terminus. Chennai Airport - Kilambakkam metro line project is under active consideration of the State Government of Tamil Nadu. With Kilambakkam railway station under construction, the neighborhoods of Kilambakkam are currently served by Vandalur Railway Station of the

Chennai Suburban Railway Network The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is India's second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the ...

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