Guindy metro station is a Metro railway station on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro, which opened on 21 September 2016 along with the elevated section on the Blue Line. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Wimco Nagar–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Guindy and Velachery.

Guindy Metro
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Guindy Flyover, Race View Colony, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600032
Coordinates	13.009262°N 80.213189°E / 13.009262; 80.213189
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	21 September 2016; 6 years ago (2016-09-21)
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Little Mount towards Wimco Nagar Blue Line Alandur towards Chennai International Airport Out-of-system interchange Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Saidapet towards Chennai Beach South Line transfer at Guindy St. Thomas Mount towards Chengalpattu Junction or Viluppuram Junction
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottriyur Thiruvottriyur Theradi Kaladipet Toll Gate New Washermanpet Tondiarpet Sir Theagaraya College Washermanpet Mannadi High Court Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line M.G.R Central  Green Line  Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur  Green Line  Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location
Guindy metro station Location within Chennai

The station

The 105-metre-long steel girder rail overbridge, which is the only such structure in the entire Chennai Metro system, lies near the station.[1]

The station is also the only one in the entire system that will have two skywalks providing access to the station—one near the Guindy Industrial Estate and the other near Race Course Road.[2]

Station layout

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 → Chennai International Airport next station is Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for  Green Line
	Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar next station is Little Mount
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

Guindy track layout
Legend
to Little Mount to Arignar Anna Alandur
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

See also

• List of Chennai metro stations
• Chennai Metro
• Chennai International Airport

References

External links

• Official Website for Chennai Metro Rail Limited