AG – DMS metro station

AG – DMS metro station
Chennai Metro station
Location	Chokkalingam Nagar, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600086 India
Coordinates	13°02′41″N 80°14′53″E / 13.0446755°N 80.2479706°E / 13.0446755; 80.2479706
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platforms Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport metro station Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar metro station
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station Thousand Lights toward Wimco Nagar Depot Blue Line Teynampet toward Chennai International Airport
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottiyur Thiruvottriyur Theradi Kaladipet Toll Gate New Washermanpet Tondiarpet Sir Theagaraya College Washermanpet Mannadi High Court Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line M.G.R Central  Green Line  Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur  Green Line  Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location
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AG – DMS metro station is a Metro railway station on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Wimco Nagar–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Teynampet and T. Nagar.

Etymology[]

The station is named as AG – DMS because of the presence of the Accountant General's (AG) Office and the office of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) in the vicinity.

Construction[]

The station[]

The station has a length of 380 meters. It is one of the two stations in Phase I of Chennai Metro, the other being the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central metro station, that measure a length of 380 meters or more.^[1] The station was opened for public on 25 May 2018.^[2]

One of the Entrances, AG – DMS metro station, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Station layout[]

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Southbound	Platform 1 → Toward Chennai International Airport metro station
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	Platform 2 Toward ← Wimco Nagar metro station

Facilities[]

List of available ATM at AAG – DMS metro station are

Connections[]

Bus[]

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1B, 11A, 11ACT, 11G, 11H, 13B, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 23C, 23V, 29N, 41C, 41D, 41F, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52K, 52P, 54, 54D, 54M, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88Ccut, 88K, 88R, 118A, 188, 221, 221H, A51, B18, B29NGS, D51, E18, M51R, serves the station from nearby DMS bus stand.^[3]

Entry/Exit[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai.

• Official website
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "AG-DMS metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.