 Madhavaram Depot | |||||
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| Location | Madhavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600060 India | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°09′24″N 80°14′15″E / 13.1568°N 80.2374°E | ||||
| Owned by | Chennai Metro | ||||
| Operated by | Chennai Metro Rail Limited | ||||
| Line(s) | Red Line | ||||
| Platforms | Island platforms Platform-1 → Sholinganallur metro station Platform-2 → Madhavaram Milk Colony metro station | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Structure type | At-grade, Double track | ||||
| Parking | No | ||||
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| Opened | Under construction | ||||
| Electrified | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||
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Madhavaram Depot metro station is a metro railway station on the Red Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is the only at-grade station of the Chennai Metro, and one of the 48 stations of the Madhavaram Milk Colony–Sholinganallur stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Madhavaram.
History
Construction of the station began in 2021. The Madhavaram Depot station is said to be the shallowest metro station with only at-grade entry/exit, ticketing, concourse level and platforms at level 1 of underground.[1]
Station layout
Station Layout
Madhavaram Depot metro track layout (TBC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
** Under Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street level, Mezzanine | Entrance/Exit, Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| L1 | Platform # Northwest bound |
Towards → Sholinganallur Next Station: Assisi Nagar |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right 
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| Platform # Southbound |
Towards → Madhavaram Milk Colony Next Station: Madhavaram Milk Colony | |
Depot
The Madhavaram Depot metro station will feature a depot,[2] which will be one of the six depots of the Chennai Metro.[3] Madhavaram depot will service and operate Line 5 trains alongwith Pattabiram depot serving extension branch line of Koyambedu - Pattabiram.[4]
See also
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Railway stations in Chennai
- Transport in Chennai
- Urban rail transit in India
- List of metro systems
References
- ↑ U, Tejonmayam (22 April 2023). "Madhavaram metro station may be the shallowest underground station". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "CMRL may decide to build ballast tracks at Poonamallee depot". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ "Kodambakkam to Poonamalee Chennai Metro stretch to be operational by June 2024". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ Sekar, Sunitha (22 January 2025). "Chennai Metro Rail to link areas from Koyambedu to Pattabiram". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
External links
- chennaimetrorail
.org - UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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