Ekkattuthangal metro station

Ekkattuthangal Metro
ஈக்காட்டுத்தாங்கல் மெட்ரோ
Chennai Metro Station
Location Ekkattuthangal, Chennai
Coordinates 13°01′02″N 80°12′19″E / 13.017128°N 80.205302°E / 13.017128; 80.205302Coordinates: 13°01′02″N 80°12′19″E / 13.017128°N 80.205302°E / 13.017128; 80.205302,
Owned by Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened 29 June 2015
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station
Green Line

Ekkattuthangal Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is operational. 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 Ekkattuthangal, West Mambalam, Guindy Industrial Estate and West Saidapet.

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.

Commercial hub

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
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