Government Estate metro station
Government Estate 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 Chepauk, Triplicane and Chintadripet.
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| Location | Anna Salai, Mount Road, Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005 India | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°04′10″N 80°16′20″E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chennai Metro | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future) Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar Depot | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground, Double Track | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 February 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||
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  Government Estate Location within Chennai | |||||||||||||||
This metro station is very much useful for visitors to Ritchie Street and Ellis Road which are two very big commercial streets in Chennai city.
History
Etymology
The station is named so because of the presence of the Omandurar Government Estate in the vicinity.
The station
The station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.[1]
Structure
Government Estate is underground Metro station situated on Blue Line (Chennai Metro).
| Government Estate metro station | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Metro station |
| Location | Anna Salai |
| Town or city | Chennai |
| Country | India |
| Elevation | 9.0m |
| Completed | 2019 |
| Opened | 10 February 2019 |
| Inaugurated | 10 February 2019 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | L&T-SUCG JV |
| Website | |
| http://chennaimetrorail.org/ | |
Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards → Chennai International Airport next station is LIC (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future) |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot next station is M.G.R. Chennai Central Change at the next station for Green Line | |
Government Estate track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Facilities
List of available ATM at Government Estate metro station are
Connections
Bus
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1J, 2A, 3A, 5C, 6A, 11A, 11G, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 22B, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27B, 27BCUT, 27BET, 27E, 32, 38C, 40, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52P, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 118A, 138C, 188, 221, 221H, A1, A51, B18, D51, E18, M21C, M51R, serves the station from nearby Simson bus stand.[2]
Entry/Exit
| Government Estate metro station Entry/exits | ||||
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| Gate No-A1 | Gate No-A2 | Gate No-A3 | Gate No-A4 | |
See also
- Chennai
- Chintadripet
- Cooum River
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Chennai Metro
- Railway stations in Chennai
- Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
- Chennai Monorail
- Chennai Suburban Railway
- Chintadripet railway station
- Chennai International Airport
- Transport in Chennai
- Urban rail transit in India
- List of metro systems
References
- Sekar, Sunitha (21 January 2019). "Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- "Home". mtcbus.org.
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. "Government Estate metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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