Government Estate metro station

Government Estate 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, Wimco Nagar–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Chepauk, Triplicane and Chintadripet.


Government Estate
Chennai Metro station
General information
LocationAnna Salai, Mount Road, Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005
India
Coordinates13°04′10″N 80°16′20″E
Owned byChennai Metro
Operated byChennai Metro Rail Limited
Line(s)
  Blue Line
PlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport
Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double Track
ParkingNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
ElectrifiedSingle phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station
Blue Line
Location
Government Estate
Location within Chennai

This metro station is very much useful for visitors to Ritchie Street and Ellis Road which are two very big commercial streets in Chennai city.

History

Etymology

The station is named so because of the presence of the Omandurar Government Estate in the vicinity.

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]

Structure

Government Estate is underground Metro station situated on Blue Line (Chennai Metro).

Government Estate metro station
அரசினர் தோட்டம்
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMetro station
LocationAnna Salai
Town or cityChennai
CountryIndia
Elevation9.0m
Completed2019 (2019)
Opened10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Inaugurated10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Design and construction
Main contractorL&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 → Towards → Chennai International Airport next station is LIC
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound Platform 2 ← Towards ← Wimco Nagar next station is Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.Ramachandran Central Metro Change at the next station for  Green Line 
Government Estate track layout
to M.G.R Chennai Central
to LIC
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

Facilities

List of available ATM at Government Estate metro station are

Connections

Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1J, 2A, 3A, 5C, 6A, 11A, 11G, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 22B, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27B, 27BCUT, 27BET, 27E, 32, 38C, 40, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52P, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 118A, 138C, 188, 221, 221H, A1, A51, B18, D51, E18, M21C, M51R, serves the station from nearby Simson bus stand.[2]

Rail

Chintadripet railway station

Entry/Exit
Government Estate metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-A1 Gate No-A2 Gate No-A3 Gate No-A4

See also

References
  1. Sekar, Sunitha (21 January 2019). "Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. http://www.mtcbus.org/
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