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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] Arumbakkam Metro
| type = [[:Category:Chennai Metro stations|Chennai Metro Station]]
| style = Chennai Metro
| image = Arumbakkam metro station.jpg
| image_caption = Arumbakkam metro station
| address = Jawaharlal Nehru Rd,Vinayagapuram, Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600106
| coordinates = {{coord|13|3|44|N|80|12|42|E|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{color box|#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}}} [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)]]
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]], [[Double-track railway|Double Track]]
| platform = [[Side platforms]]
Platform-1 → [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]] Platform-2 → [[Nehru Park metro station|Nehru Park]]
| depth =
| levels = 2
| tracks = 2
| parking = {{parking symbol}} Available
| bicycle = Free Bicycle {{parking symbol}} Available
| opened = {{start date and age|2015|June|29|mf=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| code =
| owned = [[Chennai Metro]]
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
| zone =
| smartcardname =
| smartcardstatus =
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_rank =
| pass_percent =
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| mpassengers =
| services = {{S-rail|title=Chennai Metro}}
{{S-line|system=Chennai Metro|line=Green|previous=CMBT|next=Vadapalani}}
| map_size = 300
| map_type = India Chennai
| map_dot_label = Arumbakkam metro station
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Green Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Arumbakkam Metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|Metro]] railway station on the Line 2 of the [[Chennai Metro]], which is currently under operation. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, [[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]]–[[St. Thomas Mount metro station|St. Thomas Mount]] stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of [[Vinayagapuram]], [[Choolaimedu]] and [[MMDA Colony]].

==Construction history==
The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The station attained structural completion in September 2013. The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of [[Koyambedu metro station|Koyambedu]], [[CMBT metro station|CMBT]], [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]] and [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]] was {{INR}} 1,395.4 million.<ref name="Hindu_ArukbnakkamStnAlmostComplete">{{cite news| title = Arumbakkam metro station almost complete| newspaper = The Hindu| location = Chennai | date = 10 September 2013|url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/arumbakkam-metro-station-almost-complete/article5110276.ece| access-date = 2 Feb 2015}}</ref>

==The station==
The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]]. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels. The station will have four entry and exit points, four lifts and eight escalators; there will also be a ramp to facilitate the movement of disabled people from the ground level to the concourse level.<ref name="Hindu_ArukbnakkamStnAlmostComplete"/> Elevation of the platforms will be about 15 m from the ground level and the total length of the platforms will be 140 m.<ref name="TOI_AllRoadsLeadToMetro">{{cite news| last = Hemalatha| first = Karthikeyan| author2 = V Ayyappan| title = All roads to lead to metro stations| newspaper = The Times of India| location = Chennai| publisher = The Times Group| date = 17 January 2013| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2013/01/17&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML| access-date = 18 Jan 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201161554/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F01%2F17&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML| archive-date = 1 February 2015| url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Layout===
{{Routemap
| title = Arumbakkam track layout
|title-bg=#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map =
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cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus metro station|CMBT]]
cBS\vSTR\cBS
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]]
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| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}

{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover 
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Side platform]] No- 1, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards →[[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]]
|-
|'''Northbound'''
|→Towards ←[[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Side platform]] No- 2, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

===Facilities===
* Elevator
*Ticket booking Machines
*Refreshmentaries
*Atm

==Commercial hub==
Arumbakkam 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 metro station|CMBT]], [[Alandur metro station|Alandur]], [[Ekkattuthangal metro station|Ekkattuthangal]], and [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]]. Two nine-floor buildings, measuring 51,379 sq ft and 32,721 sq ft, are proposed to be built at the Arumbakkam station.<ref>{{cite news| last = TNN | title = In less than a year, you can park, shop and ride at metro rail stations | newspaper = The Times of India | location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group | date = 23 September 2014 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/In-less-than-a-year-you-can-park-shop-and-ride-at-metro-rail-stations/articleshow/43194300.cms| access-date = 3 February 2015}}</ref>

==Entry/Exit==
{{Empty section|date=October 2017}}

==Gallery==
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==See also==
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{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[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]]
* [[Rapid transit in India|List of rapid transit systems in India]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Arumbakkam+Metro+Station/@13.0617483,80.2094757,766m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a526695c69e55ff:0x528a44c32e30d7cb!8m2!3d13.0617431!4d80.2116644|title= Arumbakkam metro station}}

{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Chennai Metro}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}
{{Rapid transit in Asia}}

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