Tiruvottriyur Theradi metro station
Thiruvottriyur Theradi Metro station (formerly Gowri Ashram Metro Station)[1] is a Metro railway station on Line 1 Extension of the Chennai Metro. The station is one of the 26 stations along the Blue Line (Chennai Metro) of the Chennai Metro. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Thiruvottriyur and other northern suburbs of Chennai. This station was innagurated along with Wimco Nagar Depot Metro Station on March 14, 2022.[2]
History
The station was still under construction during the inaugurated of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I on 14 February 2021, so the stretch opened with other stations.[3][4] The station is expected to be completed by January 2022.[5] During the Construction of this station metro trains skips this station. This station was inaugurated along with wimco nagar depot metro station on March 14, 2022[2]
The station
Structure
Thiruvottriyur Theradi is an elevated Metro station situated on the Blue Line (Chennai Metro). It is located in the neighbourhood of the same name.
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 Kaladipet (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future) | |
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot next station is Tiruvottriyur | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
Thiruvottriyur Theradi track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station with two tracks and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- C, Shivakumar (24 October 2020). "Phase-1 Metro extension trial next month". Express News Service. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "Chennai metro rail opens two stations in phase-1 extension". The Indian Express. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- Cuenca, Oliver (16 February 2021). "Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension". International Railway Journal. IRJ. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- "CMRL likely to handle up to 3.5L daily commuters soon". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- "Theradi Metro station may be opened in January". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
External links
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.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue Line 1 |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line 2 |
| |
| Purple Line 3 |
| |
| Orange Line 4 | ||
| Red Line 5 |
| |
| See also | ||
Bold represents terminal station on the respective main or branch line | ||
| Organisations |
| ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air |
| ||||||||||
| Rail |
| ||||||||||
| Road |
| ||||||||||
| Water | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.