Alandur metro station


Arignar Anna Alandur Metro Station
Logo of Chennai Metro Chennai Metro station
A train arriving at the station
General information
LocationAlandur, Chennai - 600016, Tamil Nadu,
 India
Coordinates13°00′15″N 80°12′05″E / 13.004202°N 80.201471°E / 13.004202; 80.201471
Owned byChennai Metro Rail Limited
Operated byChennai Metro Rail Limited
Line(s)Blue Line Green Line Red Line  Inter Corridor Line 
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
Platform-2Wimco Nagar Depot
Platform-3St. Thomas Mount
Platform-4M.G.R Chennai Central
Platform-5Sholinganallur
Platform-6
Madhavaram Milk Colony
Pattabiram
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double track
Platform levels2
Other information
Station codeSAL
Websitehttp://chennaimetrorail.org
History
Opened29 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-29) (Green Line)
21 September 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-21) (Blue Line)
Passengers
10000/day (2018)[1]
Services
Preceding station Logo of Chennai Metro Chennai Metro Following station
Guindy Blue Line Nanganallur Road
Blue Line
(Future Service)
Nanganallur Road
towards Kilambakkam
Ekkattuthangal Green Line St. Thomas Mount
Terminus
Butt Road Red Line St. Thomas Mount
Location
Map

Arignar Anna Alandur Metro, commonly known as the Alandur Metro, is an elevated metro station that is part of the Blue Line and the Green Line of the Chennai Metro, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines. The station is one of the two metro stations where the two lines intersect, the other being the Chennai Central metro station. It is the city's first multi-level railway station.[2] It is the only station where passengers from the two corridors can swap the direction of travel.[3] On 31 July 2020, It has been named by Government of Tamil Nadu as Arignar Anna Alandur Metro to honor the DMK founder and the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu C. N. Annadurai.[4]

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  3. ^ Raja Simhan, T. E. (4 May 2012). "Multi-level Metro rail corridor structure coming up at Alandur". Business Line. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Tamil Nadu government to rename three metro rail stations in Chennai after late Chief Ministers". The New Indian Express. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.