Thirumayilai metro station
Thirumayilai metro station is a Metro railway station on the Orange Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Lighthouse–Poonamallee Bypass stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Mylapore.
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| Chennai Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600004 India | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chennai Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Purple Line Orange Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform Platform-1 → Kilambakkam Platform-2 → Madhavaram Milk Colony Platform-3 → Parandur Airport Platform-4 → Lighthouse | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground, Double Track | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | chennaimetrorail | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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History
Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards → Kilambakkam next station is Mandaiveli | |
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Madhavaram Milk Colony next station is Radhakrishnan Road Junction | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L3 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 3 Southbound |
Towards → Parandur Airport next station is Alwarpet | |
| Platform 4 Northbound |
Towards ← Lighthouse next station is Kutchery Road | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
The station
The station will be located at a depth of 35 metres (115 ft) below the ground with four levels, namely, a concourse level and three platform levels.[1] The first (uppermost) level will be at a depth of 17 metres (56 ft) consisting of the Madhavaram–SIPCOT upper track. The middle level will be at a depth of 24 metres (79 ft) and will consist of the Lighthouse–Poonamallee dual lines. The third (lowermost) level will be at a depth of 35 metres (115 ft) consisting of the Madhavaram–SIPCOT lower track.[1]
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- Sekar, Sunitha (22 May 2022). "At Thirumayilai, Chennai Metro to build deep station with three platforms". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai.
- Official website
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Thirumayilai metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. No URL entered.
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