Poonamallee Bypass metro station

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Poonamallee Bypass
Chennai Metro Station
General information
LocationPoonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600056
India
Owned byChennai Metro
Operated byChennai Metro Rail Limited
PlatformsIsland platforms Platform-1 → Lighthouse metro station
Platform-2 → Poonamallee Bypass metro station
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double track
ParkingNo
Disabled accessYes Disabled access
History
OpenedUnder construction
ElectrifiedSingle phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station
toward Lighthouse

Poonamallee Bypass metro station is a metro railway station on the Orange Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is 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[]

Construction of the station began in 2021. The construction is being funded by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.[1]

Depot[]

The Poonamallee Bypass metro station will feature a depot, which will be one of the five depots of the Chennai Metro.[1] Built at a cost of ₹2,250 million, the depot will have 24 tracks[2] 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.[3] The depot will feature ballast tracks to save on capital expenditure, since laying ballastless track my cost an additional ₹800 to 900 million.[2]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b "CMRL may decide to build ballast tracks at Poonamallee depot". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Metro finalises contractor for phase II's Poonamallee depot". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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