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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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Railway stations in Chennai
- Transport in Chennai
- Urban rail transit in India
- List of metro systems
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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[edit | edit source]
- chennaimetrorail
.org - UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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