Ekkattuthangal metro station
Ekkattuthangal Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is operational. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, Chennai Central–St. Thomas Mount stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Ekkattuthangal, West Mambalam, Guindy Industrial Estate and West Saidapet.
Ekkattuthangal Metro | |||||||||||
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Chennai Metro Station | |||||||||||
Location | Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Labour Colony, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai Tamil Nadu 600032 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 13.017128°N 80.205302°E, | ||||||||||
Owned by | Chennai Metro | ||||||||||
Operated by | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Green Line (Chennai Metro) | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms
Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount Platform-2 → Nehru Park | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated, Double Track | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 29, 2015 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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Ekkattuthangal metro station |
History
The station
The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels.
Layout
Ekkattuthangal track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms |
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
L2 | Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left | |
Southbound | Towards →St. Thomas Mount | |
Northbound | →Towards ←Chennai Central | |
Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left | ||
L2 | ||
Facilities
Connections
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 10E, 18F, 18M, 70/70A, 70C, 70D, 70G, 70K, 70S, 70T, 70V, 70W, 77J, 111, 113, 114, 154E, 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170CET, 170G, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170P, 170S, 170T, 270J, 500C, 554B, 568C, 568T, 570, 570AC, 570S, A70, B70, D70, D70CUT, D70NS, D170, F70, G70, L18, L51, L70, M70, M70CNS, M70D, M70F, M70NS, M70S, M170T, M270, T70 serves the station from nearby Ekkattuthangal bus stand.[1]
Commercial hub
Ekkattuthangal station is one of the five stations in the first phase of the Chennai Metro project identified to be converted into commercial hubs, the others being CMBT, Alandur, Arumbakkam, and Ashok Nagar. A 106,000 sq ft building with nine floors has been planned at the station, opposite Hilton Chennai hotel.[2]
Entry/Exit
Gallery
See also
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Chennai Metro
- Railway stations in Chennai
- Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
- Chennai Monorail
- Chennai Suburban Railway
- Transport in Chennai
- List of metro systems in India
- List of rapid transit systems in India
- List of metro systems
References
- http://www.mtcbus.org/
- TNN (23 September 2014). "In less than a year, you can park, shop and ride at metro rail stations". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro. |
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai. |
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Ekkattuthangal metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.