Ekkattuthangal metro station
Ekkattuthangal is an elevated metro station on the South-East Corridor of the Green Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of Ekkattuthangal, West Mambalam, Guindy Industrial Estate and West Saidapet.
History[edit]
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The station[edit]
The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels.
Station layout[edit]
Ekkattuthangal track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| 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 
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| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards → Chennai Central next station is Ashok Nagar | |
| Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← St. Thomas Mount next station is Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for Blue Line | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
Facilities[edit]
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Connections[edit]
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 10E, 18F, 18M, 70/70A, 70C, 70D, 70G, 70K, 70S, 70T, 70V, 70W, 77J, 111, 113, 114, 154E, 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170CET, 170G, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170P, 170S, 170T, 270J, 500C, 554B, 568C, 568T, 570, 570AC, 570S, A70, B70, D70, D70CUT, D70NS, D170, F70, G70, L18, L51, L70, M70, M70CNS, M70D, M70F, M70NS, M70S, M170T, M270, T70 serves the station from nearby Ekkattuthangal bus stand.[1]
Commercial hub[edit]
Ekkattuthangal station is one of the five stations in the first phase of the Chennai Metro project identified to be converted into commercial hubs, the others being CMBT, Alandur, Arumbakkam, and Ashok Nagar. A 106,000 sq ft building with nine floors has been planned at the station, opposite Hilton Chennai hotel.[2]
Entry/Exit[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Home". mtcbus.org.
- ^ TNN (23 September 2014). "In less than a year, you can park, shop and ride at metro rail stations". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
External links[edit]
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Ekkattuthangal metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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