Arumbakkam metro station

Arumbakkam Metro
Chennai Metro Station
Arumbakkam metro station
General information
Location	Jawaharlal Nehru Rd,Vinayagapuram, Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600106
Coordinates	13°3′44″N 80°12′42″E
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount Platform-2 → M.G.R Chennai Central
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double Track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Free Bicycle Available
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station CMBT towards Chennai Central Green Line Vadapalani towards St. Thomas Mount
Route map Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Blue Line M.G.R Central Blue Line MRTS Egmore Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Nehru Park Kilpauk Medical College Pachaiyappa's College Shenoy Nagar Anna Nagar East Anna Nagar Tower Thirumangalam Inner Ring Road Cooum River NH4 Koyambedu depot Koyambedu Jayalalithaa CMBT Arumbakkam Vadapalani Ashok Nagar Adyar River Ekkattuthangal Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Blue Line Blue Line St. Thomas Mount  MRTS  Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line
Location Arumbakkam metro station Location within Chennai

Arumbakkam Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is currently under operation. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, Chennai Central–St. Thomas Mount stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Vinayagapuram, Choolaimedu and MMDA Colony.

Construction history

A view of the platforms inside the station

The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The station attained structural completion in September 2013. The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of Koyambedu, CMBT, Vadapalani and Ashok Nagar was ₹ 1,395.4 million.

The station

The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels. The station will have four entry and exit points, four lifts and eight escalators; there will also be a ramp to facilitate the movement of disabled people from the ground level to the concourse level. Elevation of the platforms will be about 15 m from the ground level and the total length of the platforms will be 140 m.

Layout

Arumbakkam track layout
to Jayalalithaa CMBT to Vadapalani
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

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 → St. Thomas Mount next station is Vadapalani
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Chennai Central next station is Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J.Jayalalithaa CMBT
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

• Elevator
• Ticket booking Machines
• Refreshmentaries
• Atm

Commercial hub

Entrance of the Arumbakkam Metro Station

Arumbakkam 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, Ekkattuthangal, and Ashok Nagar. Two nine-floor buildings, measuring 51,379 sq ft and 32,721 sq ft, are proposed to be built at the Arumbakkam station.

See also

• List of Chennai metro stations
• Chennai Metro
• Railway stations in Chennai
• Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
• Chennai Monorail
• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Transport in Chennai
• List of metro systems in India
• List of rapid transit systems in India
• List of metro systems

External links

• Official website

• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Arumbakkam metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.