Coordinates , Tracks 2 Opened 29 June 2015 | Platforms Side platforms Structure type Elevated | |
Location Ekkattuthangal, Chennai Address Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Labour Colony, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600032 Similar Guindy railway station, Alandur metro station, Kotturpuram railway station, Arumbakkam metro station, Guindy Race Course | ||
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.
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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.