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Arumbakkam
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 / 13.06222°N 80.21167°E / 13.06222; 80.21167
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Green Line  Inter Corridor 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
Other information
Station code	SAR
History
Opened	June 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-29)
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station CMBTtowards Chennai Central Green Line Vadapalanitowards St. Thomas Mount Blue Line(Inter-Corridor Service) Vadapalanitowards Kilambakkam
Route map Legend 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 Purple Line Pachaiyappa's College Shenoy Nagar Anna Nagar East Anna Nagar Tower Thirumangalam Red Line Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Expressway Cooum River NH 4: EVR Periyar Salai Koyambedu depot Koyambedu Red Line Jayalalithaa CMBT Arumbakkam Vadapalani Orange Line Ashok Nagar Adyar River Ekkattuthangal Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Blue LineRed Line Blue Line St. Thomas Mount  MRTS  Red Line Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line
Location

Arumbakkam is an elevated metro station on the South-East Corridor of the Green Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of Vinayagapuram, Choolaimedu and MMDA Colony.

Construction history

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.

Station layout

Arumbakkam track layout
Legend
to Jayalalithaa CMBT P1P2 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 2 Northbound	Towards → Chennai Central Next Station: Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J.Jayalalithaa CMBT
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: Vadapalani
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

• Elevator
• Ticket booking Machines
• Refreshmentaries
• Atm

Commercial hub

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.

Entry/Exit

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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

References

1. ^ "Arumbakkam metro station almost complete". The Hindu. Chennai. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
2. Hemalatha, Karthikeyan; V Ayyappan (17 January 2013). "All roads to lead to metro stations". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
3. 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.

External links

• Official website

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

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Depot(s)	■ Koyambedu
See also	List of Chennai Metro stations Chennai Metro Rail Limited
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