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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Metro station in Chennai, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]]<br />Royapettah<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = ta<br />
| symbol_location = <br />
| symbol = <br />
| type = [[Chennai Metro]] station<br />
| style = Chennai Metro<br />
| image = <br />
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| caption = <br />
| address = Westcott Road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600014<br />
| borough = <br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0547|80.2642|display=inline,title}}<br />
| owned = [[Chennai Metro]]<br />
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited<br />
| line = <!--{{rail color box|system=Chennai Metro|line=Purple}}--><br />
| distance = <br />
| platforms = <!--[[Island platforms]]<br><br />
Platform-1 → [[Siruseri Sipcot 2 metro station]]<br />Platform-2 → [[Madhavaram Milk Colony metro station]]--><br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| train_operators = <br />
| connections = <br />
| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double track]]<br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}<br />
| code = <br />
| zone = <br />
| website = <br />
| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]<br />
| opened = Under construction<br />
| closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --><br />
| passengers = <br />
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| services = <!--{{adjacent stations|system=Chennai Metro|line=Purple|left=Thousand Lights|right=Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai}}--><br />
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| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Purple Line Route}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
| mapframe = yes<br />
| mapframe-marker = rail<br />
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|purple}}<br />
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'''Royapettah metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|metro]] railway station on the [[Purple Line (Chennai Metro)|Purple Line]] of the [[Chennai Metro]]. The station is among the underground stations along corridor III of the Chennai Metro, [[Madhavaram Milk Colony metro station|Madhavaram Milk Colony]]–[[Siruseri Sipcot 2 metro station|Siruseri Sipcot 2]] stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of [[Royapettah]], [[Triplicane]], and [[Gopalapuram, Chennai|Gopalapuram]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Construction of the station began in October 2021.<ref name="TH_WorkBegins"/> The old YMCA building was demolished for the construction purpose, and the entrance and exit points of the station would be built on 239 square meters of land.<ref name="TH_WorkBegins">{{cite news<br />
| last = Sekar<br />
| first = Sunitha<br />
| title =Work begins on Metro underground station at Royapettah<br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons<br />
| date = 3 October 2021<br />
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-begins-on-metro-underground-station-at-royapettah/article36800496.ece<br />
| access-date = 18 December 2021}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]<br />
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]<br />
* [[Transport in Chennai]]<br />
* [[Urban rail transit in India]]<br />
* [[List of metro systems]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}<br />
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}<br />
* {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}<br />
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.<br />
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{{Transport in Chennai}}<br />
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[[Category:Chennai Metro stations]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]</div>
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