Chennai Central metro station
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Chennai Central Metro
சென்னை சென்ட்ரல் மெட்ரோ |
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Chennai Central Metro station is a station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is currently under construction. The station is among the underground stations coming up along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Chennai Airport–Washermanpet stretch. Corridor II will intersect with Corridor I at the station through the line from Egmore. Upon completion, the station will become the largest Metro station in India. Currently, the largest Metro station in India is in New Delhi.
The station is being constructed as an underground, two-level station on Poonamallee High Road in front of the Chennai Central railway station and the Ripon Building. The station is one of the two metro stations where Corridor I (Airport–Washermanpet) of the project will intersect with Corridor II (Chennai Central–St Thomas Mount via Egmore and CMBT), the other being the Alandur metro station. The metro station, being constructed at a depth of 25 m, will be the largest of all metro stations in the city with an area of over 70,000 sq m. The three-level metro station will cover a length of 410 metres and will have a width of 35 metres. The station will have six entry/exit points for access to Southern Railway, suburban and MRTS stations, Ripon Buildings and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. The station will act as a transit point for passengers from the Chennai Central, Park Town, and Park railway stations. It is estimated that more than 100,000 commuters will use the station daily.
The station is one of the few in the corridor that will have parking facilities. Space will be allocated for parking in a basement area for about 500 cars and 1,000 two-wheelers. There are also plans to have the airport check-in facility in one of the basement levels at the station, which will allow air passengers to complete the check-in procedures at the station itself. A bus bay has also been planned opposite the station.
The station is one of the three stations in the Chennai Metro Rail network that will have 230-kV receiving sub-stations for power supply from the state's electricity grid. The other two are Koyambedu and Alandur.
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