New Washermanpet Metro station is a Metro railway station on Line 1 Extension of the Chennai Metro. The station is one of the 26 stations along the Blue Line (Chennai Metro) of the Chennai Metro. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of New Washermanpet and other northern suburbs of Chennai.Press Colony, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600081

New Washermanpet Metro
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Press Colony, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600081
Coordinates	13°08′03″N 80°17′34″E
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, Double track
Disabled access	Yes [citation needed]
History
Opened	14 February 2021
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Toll Gate towards Wimco Nagar Blue Line Tondiarpet towards Chennai International Airport
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
New Washermanpet metro station Location within Chennai Show map of Chennai New Washermanpet metro station New Washermanpet metro station (India) Show map of India

History

The station was inaugurated on 14 February 2021, with the inauguration of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I.[1]

The station

Structure

New Washermanpet is an elevated Metro station situated on the Blue Line (Chennai Metro). It is located in the neighbourhood of the same name.

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 Tondiarpet
	Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar next station is Toll Gate
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

New Washermanpet track layout
Legend
to Toll Gate to Tondiarpet
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

See also

• Chennai
• List of Chennai metro stations
• Railway stations in Chennai

References

External links

• Official website

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• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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