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Ashok Nagar Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is currently under operation. 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 Ashok Nagar and Mambalam.

Ashok Nagar Metro
Chennai Metro Station
General information
Location	Sector 10, Ashok Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600083
Coordinates	13.035483°N 80.211329°E / 13.035483; 80.211329
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Green 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
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 29, 2015; 7 years ago (2015-06-29)
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Vadapalani towards Chennai Central Green Line Ekkattuthangal towards St. Thomas Mount
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 Pachaiyappa's College Shenoy Nagar Anna Nagar East Anna Nagar Tower Thirumangalam Inner Ring Road Cooum River NH4 Koyambedu depot Koyambedu Jayalalithaa CMBT Arumbakkam Vadapalani Ashok Nagar Adyar River Ekkattuthangal Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur  Blue Line  Blue Line St. Thomas Mount  MRTS  Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line
Location
Ashok Nagar metro station Location within Chennai

History

Construction history

The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of Koyambedu, Arumbakkam, CMBT, and Vadapalani was ₹ 1,395.4 million.[1]

The station

Upon completion, Ashok Nagar Metro Rail station will be the highest elevated station in the entire Chennai Metro Rail system. Initially planned to have a ground floor, a concourse floor and a platform floor, four additional floors have been planned to the original plan to make it a six-storey structure, chiefly to generate revenue by letting out the floors to offices and commercial establishments. After completion, the station will have a height of more than 40 metres, which will be higher than the Alandur metro rail elevated station where the two corridors of Phase I of the Chennai Metro Rail (viz. Washermenpet-Airport and Central-St Thomas Mount lines) converge.[2]

Unlike other stations of the system which are located in the middle of busy main roads, the station is located a little away from 100-Feet Road in the middle of a residential area.[2]

Layout

Ashok Nagar track layout
Legend
to Vadapalani to Ekkattuthangal
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 No- 1, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards → St. Thomas Mount next station is Ekkattuthangal
	Northbound	Towards ← Chennai Central next station is Vadapalani
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

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Supportive infrastructure

Along with Koyambedu and Vadapalani Metro stations, Ashok Nagar Metro station will be developed by leasing out space either for shops or office spaces. As part of fire safety measures, underground water tanks of 50,000 to 100,000 litre capacity will be set up at the station.[3]

The station has a skywalk that connects Udayam Theatre with the Metro station.[4][5]

Connections

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 5E, 5T, 11G, 11H, 12G, 18F, 18M, 49A, 77J, 111, 113, 114, 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170CET, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170P, 170S, 270J, 500C, 568C, 568T, 570, 570AC, 570S, A70, B70, D70, D70CUT, D70NS, D170, F70, M70, M70CNS, M70D, M70NS, M70S, M170T, M270, S26 serves the station from nearby Udhayam Theatre (Ashok Pillar) bus stand.[6]

Entry/Exit

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See also

References

External links

• Official website

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

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