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{{short description|Upcoming Chennai Metro's Yellow Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] Porur Junction
| style = Chennai Metro
| type = {{Chennai Metro Infobox station line|line = 4}}
| image =
| address =
| coordinates = {{coord|13.03587|80.15683|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
| operator = [[Chennai Metro]]
| lines = {{rcb|Chennai Metro|Yellow|croute}}
| platforms = [[Side platform]] 
Platform-1 → {{stl|Chennai Metro|Vadapalani}} * Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here * ''(Further extension to '''{{stl|Chennai Metro|Lighthouse}}''' in the future)''
| tracks = 2
| structure = Elevated, [[Double-track railway|Double track]]
| levels = 2
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Final Stages before Commercial Operations - 95% complete
| opening = {{start date and age|df=yes|June 2026}} '''''(TBC)'''''
| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 35 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Chennai Metro|line1=Yellow|left1=Porur Bypass|to-left1=Poonamallee Bypass|note-mid1=''(Operational around June 2026)''|right1=Vadapalani|to-right1=Vadapalani|line2=Yellow|left2=Porur Bypass|to-left2=Poonamallee Bypass|note-mid2=''(Operational around Q2 of 2027)''|right2=Alapakkam|to-right2=Vadapalani|line3=Yellow|left3=Porur Bypass|to-left3=Poonamallee Bypass|note-mid3=''(Lighthouse - Around Dec 2027)''|right3=Alapakkam|to-right3=Lighthouse|line4=Yellow|left4=Porur Bypass|to-left4=Parandur Airport|note-mid4=''(Extension in the future)''|right4=Alapakkam|to-right4=Lighthouse}}
| map_type =
| map_size =
| map_dot_label =
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Yellow Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Yellow}}
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}

'''Porur Junction metro station''' is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the [[Yellow Line (Chennai Metro)|Yellow Line]] of [[Chennai Metro]] in [[Chennai]], India. This metro station will be among the 30 elevated stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, [[Poonamallee Bypass metro station|Poonamallee Bypass]]–[[Lighthouse metro station|Lighthouse]] stretch. This station is slated to be commercialized in December 2025.<ref name="AB">{{Cite news |title=Poonamallee to Porur metro stretch to be inaugurated by December|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2025/Feb/14/poonamallee-to-porur-metro-stretch-to-be-inaugurated-by-december-says-cm-stalin|date=2025-02-14|access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The New Indian Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chennai Metro Phase 2 – Information, Route Maps, Tenders & Updates |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/chennai-metro-phase-2-information-map/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=The Metro Rail Guy |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==

In 2020, [[Larsen & Toubro]] (L&T) was awarded the contract for construction of stations from Porur Junction to [[Kodambakkam Powerhouse metro station|Kodambakkam Powerhouse]] with the construction commencing from then.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-09 |title=L&T gets first contract for Chennai Metro phase II|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/lt-awarded-contract-for-metro-phase-ii/article33283687.ece |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The Hindu|language=en-US}}</ref> As MGR flyover passes close to this station, steel beams were placed above to connect to Poonamallee.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2024-08-03 |title=CMRL corridor 4: Steel portal beams erected in Porur|url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/city/cmrl-corridor-4-steel-portal-beams-erected-in-porur-poonamallee-797895 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=DT Next |language=en-US}}</ref> The work on Porur station was almost completed in March 2025 along with the next set of stations from {{stl|Chennai Metro|Porur Bypass}} to {{stl|Chennai Metro|Poonamallee Bypass}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-09 |title=Chennai Metro Rail Limited completes viaduct between Poonamallee and Porur|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-rail-limited-completes-viaduct-between-poonamallee-and-porur/article69306354.ece |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The Hindu|language=en-US}}</ref> Trial runs are conducted since June 2025 and the line is set for opening by end of the year.<ref name="AB"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-07 |title=CMRL Initiates Trial Run on Porur Junction -Poonamalle Bypass section of Chennai Metro Line 4|url=https://metrorailnews.in/trial-run-on-chennai-metro-line-4s-stretch/ |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Metro Rail News}}</ref>

==Station layout==
'''''Station Layout'''''
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Porur Junction track layout ''(TBC)''
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Yellow}}
| title-color = blue
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Alapakkam metro station|Alapakkam]] **
*'''P1'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P2'''
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Porur Bypass metro station|Porur Bypass]]
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms ** '''Under Construction'''</div>
}}}}
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=30 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85 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=30 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]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85|'''Platform 1''' '''Eastbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → {{stl|Chennai Metro|Vadapalani}} * '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Chennai Metro|Alapakkam}}
|-
|'''Platform 2''' '''Westbound'''
|Towards ← {{stl|Chennai Metro|Poonamallee Bypass}} ** '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Chennai Metro|Porur Bypass}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85|'''''Note:'''''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|'''''Further extension to * {{stl|Chennai Metro|Lighthouse}} and ** {{stl|Chennai Metro|Parandur Airport}} in the future'''''
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]
* [[Urban rail transit in India]]
* [[List of metro systems]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}
* {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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{{Transport in Chennai}}

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