Tondiarpet metro station
Tondiarpet Metro station (formerly Korukkupet Metro Station)[1] is a metro railway station on Line 1 Extension of the Chennai Metro. It is one of the 26 stations on the Blue Line (Chennai Metro). The station serves the neighbourhoods of Tondiarpet and other northern suburbs of Chennai.
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 This metro station captured at platform 2 leading towards Wimco Nagar | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°07′28″N 80°17′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 | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||
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  Tondiarpet metro station Location within Chennai  Tondiarpet metro station Tondiarpet metro station (India) | |||||||||||||||
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 Sir Theagaraya College (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 New Washermanpet | |
Tondiarpet track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History
The station was opened on 14 February 2021 with the opening of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I.[2]
References
- C, Shivakumar (24 October 2020). "Phase-1 Metro extension trial next month". Express News Service. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- Cuenca, Oliver (16 February 2021). "Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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.
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