Ekkattuthangal metro station

Ekkattuthangal Metro
Chennai Metro Station
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 / 13.017128; 80.20530213°01′02″N 80°12′19″E / 13.017128°N 80.205302°E / 13.017128; 80.205302,
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Green Line (Chennai Metro)
Platforms	Side platforms Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount Platform-2 → Nehru Park
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double Track
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 29, 2015; 6 years ago (2015-06-29)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station Ashok Nagar toward Chennai Central Green Line Alandur toward St. Thomas Mount
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Blue Line M.G.R Central Blue Line MRTS Egmore Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Nehru Park Kilpauk Medical College Pachaiyappa's College Shenoy Nagar Anna Nagar East Anna Nagar Tower Thirumangalam Inner Ring Road Cooum River NH4 Koyambedu depot Koyambedu Jayalalithaa CMBT Arumbakkam Vadapalani Ashok Nagar Adyar River Ekkattuthangal Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur  Blue Line  Blue Line St. Thomas Mount  MRTS  Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line
Location
Ekkattuthangal metro station Location within Chennai

Ekkattuthangal Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is operational. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, Chennai Central–St. Thomas Mount stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Ekkattuthangal, West Mambalam, Guindy Industrial Estate and West Saidapet.

History[]

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The station[]

The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels.

Layout[]

Ekkattuthangal track layout
Legend
to Ashok Nagar to Alandur
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards →St. Thomas Mount
	Northbound	→Towards ←Chennai Central
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities[]

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Connections[]

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[]

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]

Entry/Exit[]

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See also[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai.

• 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.