Poonamallee Bypass metro station

Poonamallee Bypass
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Location	Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600056 India
Coordinates	13.0480°N 80.0818°E / 13.0480; 80.0818
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Line(s)	Template:Rcb
Platforms	Side platforms Platform-1 → Template:Stl * Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here * (Further extension to Template:Stl in the future)Template:Stl
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Parking	No
Other information
Status	Final Stages before Commercial Operations - 95% complete
Station code	PBYM
History
Opening	June 2026 (June 2026) (TBC)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Route map Template:Chennai Metro Yellow Line Route
Location

Poonamallee Bypass metro station is an upcoming elevated metro station on the Yellow Line of the Chennai Metro. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of corridor IV and 18 elevated stations along corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Poonamallee.

History

In January 2021, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) began the bidding process for the construction of this Poonamallee Bypass metro station, that spans between Poonamallee Bypass and Porur Junction, a 7.945 km segment forming Corridor 4 within Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro project.

The contract, designated as Package C4-ECV-02, drew prominent interest from a number of prominent infrastructure firms, including Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Tata Projects, Afcons Infrastructure, and lastly with ITD Cementation India Ltd. Following a quite thorough evaluation of all of the technical submissions along with financial bids, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was declared the lowest bidder, with its proposal meeting both engineering requirements along with cost parameters set by CMRL. Subsequently, the contract was awarded in full to them. Construction of the station began in 2021. The construction is being funded by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Following the award, they initiated work in line with the project's approved blueprint and execution plan.

Depot

The Poonamallee Bypass metro station will feature a depot, which will be one of the five depots of the Chennai Metro. Built at a cost of ₹2,250 million, the depot will have 24 tracks and will be used for the repair, maintenance and cleaning of trains and will exclusively serve the trains to be operated on the Poonamallee–Light House stretch. The depot will feature ballast tracks to save on capital expenditure, since laying ballastless track may cost an additional ₹800 to 900 million.

Station Layout (TBC)

style="color:blue;background:#Template:Rail color;text-align:center;padding:5px"| Poonamallee Bypass track layout (TBC)
to Poonamallee * P1 P2 to Train Terminates Here ** Towards Parandur Airport
Station with two tracks and two side platforms * Under Construction ** (Further extension to Template:Stl metro station in the future)

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 1 Eastbound	Towards → Template:Stl * Next Station: Poonamallee
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here **
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2	Note:	Further extension to * Template:Stl and ** Template:Stl in the future

See also

• List of Chennai metro stations
• Railway stations in Chennai
• Transport in Chennai
• Urban rail transit in India
• List of metro systems

External links

• chennaimetrorail.org
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.