Wimco Nagar metro station
Wimco Nagar Metro station is a Metro railway station on Line 1 Extension of the Chennai Metro. The station is one of the 9 stations in the Phase I northern extension and one of the 26 stations along the Blue Line (Chennai Metro) of the Chennai Metro. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Wimco Nagar and other northern suburbs of Chennai.
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| Location | Wimco Nagar, Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600019 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°10′45″N 80°18′26″E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chennai Metro | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side 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 | Elevated, Double track | ||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 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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  Wimco Nagar metro station Location within Chennai  Wimco Nagar metro station Wimco Nagar metro station (India) | |||||||||||||||
History
The station was inaugurated on 14 February 2021, with the inauguration of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I.[1]
The station
Structure
Wimco Nagar is an elevated Metro station situated on the Blue Line (Chennai Metro). It is located in the neighbourhood of Tiruvottiyur, about 600 meters off the coast.
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 Tiruvottriyur (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future) | |
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
Wimco Nagar track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depot
With the inauguration of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I, a depot was planned for the Wimco Nagar metro station.[1] In January 2022, the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation decided to build a new station named "Wimco Nagar Depot" at this depot, located about 500 meters from the station.[2]
Connectivity
See also
References
- Cuenca, Oliver (16 February 2021). "Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension". International Railway Journal. IRJ. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- Sekar, Sunitha (5 January 2022). "Metro Rail plans a station at Wimco Nagar depot". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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.
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