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Perambur and Kolathur, Chennai: Zone 6, Trains and Metro

Perambur and Kolathur fall mainly in GCC Zone 6. Rail links, two metro lines under construction, local services and this month's flooding.

19 October 2026

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Perambur and Kolathur: rail town, metro next

Perambur and much of Kolathur fall in the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar zone (Zone 6), which covers wards 64 to 78 under the state gazette on wards committees. The zonal office is at No. 5, Anderson Road, Ayanavaram, Chennai 600023, according to the e-Sevai centre list. The same list puts a ward 64 office on Anjugam Nagar 4th Street in Kolathur. Perambur has division offices on Paper Mills Road (ward 68), Raja Street (ward 69) and Perambur Barracks Road (ward 76), plus a revenue e-Sevai centre on Perambur High Road near the railway station.

This is north Chennai’s railway town, and it is getting two metro lines. Both neighbourhoods are also politically prominent: Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay represents Perambur, and in Kolathur the TVK’s V.S. Babu defeated former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in May.

Trains and the metro

Perambur station is on the suburban line out of Chennai Central towards Arakkonam and Tiruvallur. Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works stations serve nearby areas. Southern Railway closed an illegal breach in the boundary wall near Perambur Loco Works this year. The subway there still floods in mild rain and has exposed light cables and no handrails, DT Next reported in June.

Metro Phase 2 will add two lines. Corridor 3 runs underground from Madhavaram south through Perambur. CMRL’s diversion page lists Perambur Market, Perambur Barracks, Otteri, Pattalam, Moolakadai and Station Ayanavaram among its work sites. Corridor 5 passes Kolathur Junction and Villivakkam. On 30 September the Corridor 5 TBM Maruthan broke through at Villivakkam Bus Terminus station, DT Next reported. CMRL’s project status page says Phase 2 is proposed to be completed by the end of 2028. No station-wise date has been announced for Perambur or Kolathur.

Kolathur in particular

Kolathur’s ward office is on Anjugam Nagar 4th Street (ward 64), and the zone’s relief centre list includes a Corporation primary school on GKM Colony 12th Street (ward 69). Kolathur Junction is a Corridor 5 work site, and the elevated line here depends on the Madhavaram depot. In 2023 CMRL said the Madhavaram to Retteri section could open only once that depot was ready, Swarajya reported. That end-2026 target has since passed without a revised official date. Expect barricades on the Kolathur and Villivakkam stretches for a while yet, and leave extra time for buses on Paper Mills Road and around Kolathur Junction.

Health and services

Diagnostics: the Corporation runs the Perambur Diagnostic Centre, which also has a dialysis unit, according to its health department page. Its urban primary health centres handle routine care and vaccination.
Police: use the Kaaval Uthavi app to find your station and file complaints.
Post and registration: India Post has a post office locator, and TNREGINET shows the sub-registrar office for your street.
Your MLA: the results gazette of 6 May 2026 lists the declared winners. Kolathur’s result was challenged in court, and the Madras High Court dismissed that plea in September.

Parks and landmarks

The Corporation’s fitness parks list has three entries in Zone 6: the Murasoli Maran Parks on either side of the Perambur bridge (wards 70 and 71) and the Otteri tropical dry evergreen forest herbal park (ward 74). Smaller parks need attention. A Corporation children’s park on 5th Street, Rajamangalam, in nearby Villivakkam had become a drinking spot, DT Next reported in September. Officials promised to clear it. The Integral Coach Factory, which builds the city’s trains including its AC EMU rakes, is the area’s best-known employer.

Water, sewers and floods

On 2 September the Chief Minister announced ₹236 crore to upgrade drinking water and sewerage in Perambur, Kolathur, Villivakkam and Egmore, DT Next reported. No break-up by locality or timeline was given.

North Chennai took the heaviest rain at the start of this monsoon. On 17 October water stood in Perambur, Thiruvottiyur and Royapuram as parts of the north recorded more than 300 mm, Oneindia reported. Zone 6 has many Corporation schools listed as relief centres in its relief centre list, including schools on Bunder Garden Main Street and Market Street in Perambur and the Amma Arangam in the zone. Keep the 1913 complaint line handy, and avoid railway subways when water is rising.

Quick answers

Which zone are Perambur and Kolathur in?

Mostly Zone 6, Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, wards 64 to 78. Check your street on the Know Your Zone tool, as zone lines can split localities.

When will metro reach Perambur?

CMRL says Phase 2 is proposed to be completed by the end of 2028. No date is set for the Perambur stations.

Where is the Zone 6 office?

No. 5, Anderson Road, Ayanavaram, Chennai 600023.

Is there a Corporation diagnostic centre nearby?

Yes, the Perambur Diagnostic Centre, which has a dialysis unit.

Information checked against official sources on 18 October 2026. Fees, dates and rules can change; confirm on the linked official pages before acting.