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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 | ||||
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| Structure type | Elevated, Double Track | ||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SSI | ||||
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| Opened | June 29, 2015 | ||||
| Electrified | Single-phase Template:25 kV 50 Hz overhead catenary | ||||
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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[edit | edit source]
The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels.
Station layout[edit | edit source]
| style="color:white;background:#Template:Rail color;text-align:center;padding:5px"| Ekkattuthangal track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| 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 
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| 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
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| L2 | ||
Connections[edit | edit source]
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]
Commercial hub[edit | edit source]
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]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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.
External links[edit | edit source]
- 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.
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