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Ekkattuthangal Metro
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	Chennai Ekkattuthangal Metro Station
Location	Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Labour Colony, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai Tamil Nadu 600032
Coordinates	13°01′02″N 80°12′19″E / 13.017128°N 80.205302°E,
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Template:Rcb Inter Corridor Line
Platforms	Side platform; Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount; Platform-2 → M.G.R Chennai Central
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double Track
Platform levels	2
Other information
Station code	SSI
History
Opened	June 29, 2015; 11 years ago
Electrified	Single-phase Template:25 kV 50 Hz overhead catenary
Services
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Ekkattuthangal is an elevated metro station on the South-East Corridor of the Green Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of Ekkattuthangal, West Mambalam, Guindy Industrial Estate and West Saidapet.

The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels.

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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 \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards → Chennai Central Next Station: Ashok Nagar
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for Template:Rcb
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

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]

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]

↑ "Home". mtcbus.org. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
↑ 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.

to Ashok Nagar

to Arignar Anna Alandur Template:Rcb

chennaimetrorail.org

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. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[1] "Home". mtcbus.org. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[2] 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.

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-'''Ekkattuthangal Metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|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 metro station|Chennai Central]]–[[St. Thomas Mount metro station|St. Thomas Mount]] stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of [[Ekkattuthangal]], [[West Mambalam]], [[Guindy Industrial Estate]] and [[Saidapet|West Saidapet]].
+'''Ekkattuthangal''' is an elevated metro station on the South-East Corridor of the [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)|Green Line]] of [[Chennai Metro]] in [[Chennai]], India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of [[Ekkattuthangal]], [[West Mambalam]], [[Guindy Industrial Estate]] and [[Saidapet|West Saidapet]].
-==History==
-{{Empty section|date=October 2017}}
 ==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.
-===Layout===
+===Station layout===
-{{Routemap
+{{stack|{{Routemap
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-|title-bg=#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}
+| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}
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+cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]]
-cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]]
+*'''P1'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P2'''
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-| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
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 |valign=top|'''L1'''
 |valign=top|Mezzanine
-|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover<br/>
+|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover<br />
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+|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|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
 |-
-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|<span style=color:#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}>'''Southbound'''</span>
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}>'''Platform 2'''<br/>'''Northbound'''</span>
-|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]]
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → [[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]]<br><small>'''Next Station:''' [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]]</small>
 |-
-|<span style=color:#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}>'''Northbound'''</span>
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+|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|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
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-===Facilities===
-{{Empty section|date=October 2017}}
 ==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.<ref>http://www.mtcbus.org/</ref>
+[[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtcbus.org/ |title=Home |website=mtcbus.org |access-date=17 October 2017 |archive-date=26 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526170357/http://mtcbus.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Commercial hub==
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 | 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
+| url = https://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==
-{{Empty section|date=October 2017}}
 ==See also==
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 {{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.
+* [https://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/Ekkattuthangal+Metro+Station/@13.0163188,80.2050153,96m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a52673ebcbd9347:0xfb36cbeba78594dc!8m2!3d13.0162303!4d80.2053492|title=Ekkattuthangal metro station}}
-{{Chennai Metro}}
+{{Chennai Metro|green line=yes}}
 {{Transport in Chennai}}
-{{Rapid transit in India}}
-{{Rapid transit in Asia}}
+[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2015]]
 [[Category:Chennai Metro stations]]
 [[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]

v t e Chennai Metro stations
Blue Line	Wimco Nagar Tiruvottriyur Tiruvottriyur Theradi Kaladipet Tollgate New Washermanpet Tondiarpet Sir Theagaraya College Washermanpet Mannadi High Court Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Saidapet Little Mount Guindy Arignar Anna Alandur Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport
Green Line	Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Egmore Nehru Park Kilpauk Medical College Pachaiyappa's College Shenoy Nagar Anna Nagar East Anna Nagar Tower Thirumangalam Koyambedu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT Arumbakkam Vadapalani Ashok Nagar Ekkattuthangal Arignar Anna Alandur St. Thomas Mount