Guindy metro station
Guindy metro station is a Metro railway station on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro, which opened on 21 September 2016 along with the elevated section on the Blue Line. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Wimco Nagar–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Guindy and Velachery.
The station
Guindy Metro Station
The 105-metre-long steel girder rail overbridge, which is the only such structure in the entire Chennai Metro system, lies near the station.[1]
The station is also the only one in the entire system that will have two skywalks providing access to the station—one near the Guindy Industrial Estate and the other near Race Course Road.[2]
Station layout
| 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 Southbound |
Towards → Chennai International Airport next station is Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for Green Line (to be further extended to Kilambakkam under the Blue Line in the future) | |
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot next station is Little Mount | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
Guindy track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Metro Rail Set to Bridge Gap on Guindy Line". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Sekar, Sunitha (13 August 2014). "Skywalks for three Chennai Metro stations". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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