Chepauk station, which lies abutting the Chepauk Stadium. The MRTS also passes through those areas of Chennai where the information technology (IT) industry is located—while the Kasturba Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur and Indira Nagar stations are located on the IT corridor, the neighbourhoods of Perungudi, Taramani and Velachery also have IT establishments. The St. Thomas Mount station at the southern end of the alignment, upon completion, will have three different types of railway networks, namely, the suburban and long-distance express trains plying on the conventional tracks at grade level, the MRTS elevated station at level 1 and the Chennai Metro Rail at level 2. The station would be having an area of about and would be designed to integrate five different modes of transport including MTC buses. Each station is designed by a different architect and is built to accommodate a 9-car train. Most stations also feature two-side platforms. Design In many aspects, the Chennai MRTS bears greater resemblance to the Chennai Suburban Railway as opposed to a true rapid transit line. MRTS uses the same gauge as the suburban system, thus allowing the movements of passengers between the existing suburban lines and the MRTS. Owing to this reason, the trains run on the MRTS are 'normal' EMUs and do not have automatic doors like a metro train. Ballastless track is used between Tirumailai and Velachery. The elevated tracks are built at an average height of about 14 metres from the ground. Plans for using the empty space at MRTS stations There are various plans to use the empty space in the MRTS stations. Food stalls at MRTS stations In February 2009, IRCTC envisaged to set up food stalls at 12 MRTS stations. But the food stalls have not materialised hitherto. In September 2013, the IRCTC decided to initially set up food stalls at three key MRTS stations Tirumailai (Mylapore), Thiruvanmiyur and Velachery with multiple shops and serve multi-cuisine food similar to the setup at Chennai Central railway station. In April 2018, IRCTC opened the first food plaza at Thiruvanmiyur MRTS station. Then IRCTC opened two more fast food joints on the ground floor of the Thirumayilai station and near the platform of Taramani station. In February 2020, IRCTC has opened a food court at the Velachery MRTS station. The food court, located adjacent to the entrance of the railway station, serve all kinds of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, and was inaugurated