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Koyambedu Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is one terminal of the current open metro line from St Thomas Mount. The station is among the elevated stations along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, Chennai Central–St. Thomas Mount stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Koyambedu, Koyambedu vegetable market, and Koyambedu Private Bus Terminus.

Koyambedu Metro
Chennai Metro station
Koyembedu Station
General information
Location	Koyambedu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600107
Coordinates	13.073249°N 80.191584°E / 13.073249; 80.191584
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	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	available
Bicycle facilities	Free bicycle available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
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 Thirumangalam towards Chennai Central Green Line CMBT 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
Koyambedu metro station Location within Chennai

Construction history

The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The station attained structural completion in December 2012. The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of Arumbakkam, CMBT, Vadapalani and Ashok Nagar was ₹ 1,395.4 million.[1]

The station

This is an elevated station near Koyambedu vegetable market. The station will be able to handle about 23,000 passengers an hour. Elevation of the platforms will be about 15 m from the ground level and the total length of the platforms will be 140 m.[2]

Layout

Koyambedu track layout
Legend
to Thirumangalam to Jayalalithaa CMBT
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 Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J.Jayalalithaa CMBT
	Northbound	Towards ← Chennai Central next station is Thirumangalam
	Island platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2	Track 3	Towards → Koyambedu Depot

Facilities

List of available ATM at Koyambedu metro station are

Supportive infrastructure

Along with Chennai Central and Alandur stations, the station will have a 230-kV receiving sub-station for power supply from the state's electricity grid.[3] The sub-station will supply 25-kV of electricity to the trains and 33-kV to the stations.[4]

Along with Ashok Nagar and Vadapalani Metro stations, Koyambedu 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.[5]

The station lies within 1 km from the Koyambedu Junction. The highways department has proposed a 1-km flyover that passes through Jawaharlal Nehru Road–Kaliamman Koil Street Junction. A skywalk has also been planned near the station across the Ponamallee High Road.[2] The skywalk will link Rohini theatre with the Koyambedu Metro station.[6]

Connections

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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. "Koyambedu metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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