LIC metro station
LIC metro station is a Metro railway station on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Washermanpet–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Egmore and Royapettah.
History
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Etymology
The station is named so because of the presence of the LIC Building, the city's first skyscraper, in the vicinity.
Construction
The station
The station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.[1]
LIC metro station | |
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எல். ஐ. சி. மெட்ரோ | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Metro station |
Location | Anna Salai |
Town or city | Chennai |
Country | India |
Elevation | 10.0m |
Completed | 2019 |
Opened | 10 February 2019 |
Inaugurated | 10 February 2019 |
Design and construction | |
Main contractor | L&T-SUCG JV |
Website | |
http://chennaimetrorail.org/ |
Station layout
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
P | Southbound | Platform 1 → Toward Chennai International Airport metro station |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Northbound | Platform 2 Toward ← Washermanpet metro station |
Facilities
List of available ATM at LIC metro station are
Connections
Bus
Rail
Entry/Exit
align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Chennai Metro color;"| LIC metro station Entry/exits | |||
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Gate No-A1 | Gate No-A2 | Gate No-A3 | Gate No-A4 |
See also
References
- ^ Sekar, Sunitha (21 January 2019). "Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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.
- Google. "LIC metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.