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{{Infobox station
| name            = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]]<br />Alandur Metro Station<!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. -->
| type            = '''[[Chennai Metro]]''' '''[[List of Chennai metro stations|station]]'''
| style           = Chennai Metro
| image           = Train at Alandur station (2).jpg
| image_caption   = A train arriving at the station
| address         = [[Alandur]], [[Chennai]] - 600016, [[Tamil Nadu]],
| borough         = 
| country         = {{flag|India}}
| coordinates     = {{coord|13.004202|80.201471|display=inline,title}}
| owned           = [[Chennai Metro Rail Limited]]
| operator        = [[Chennai Metro Rail Limited]]
| line            = {{plainlist|
* {{rail color box|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue}}
* {{rail color box|system=Chennai Metro|line=Green}}
}}
| distance        = 
| platforms       = [[Side platform]]
| levels          = 2
| tracks          = 4
| train_operators = 
| connections     = 
| structure       = Elevated
| parking         = 
| bicycle         = 
| disabled        = 
| code            = 
| zone            = 
| website         = http://chennaimetrorail.org
| opened          = {{Start date|2015|06|29|df=y}} {{small|(Green Line)}}<br />{{Start date|2016|09|21|df=y}} {{small|(Blue Line)}}
| closed          = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| passengers      = 10000/day (2018)<ref name="Hindu_FOBConstructionBegins"/>
| pass_year       = 
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{{S-line|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue |previous=Guindy |next=Nanganallur Road }}
{{S-line|system=Chennai Metro|line=Green |previous=Ekkattuthangal |next=St. Thomas Mount }}
| map_type        = India Chennai
| map_size        = 300
| map_dot_label   = Alandur metro station
| route_map       = {{Chennai Metro Blue Line Route}}{{Chennai Metro Green Line Route}}
| map_state       = collapsed
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'''Arignar Anna Alandur Metro''', commonly known as the '''Alandur Metro''', is an elevated [[Rapid transit|metro]] station that is part of the [[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)|Blue Line]] and the [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)|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.<ref name="DC_DesignedForExcellence"/> It is the only station where passengers from the two corridors can swap the direction of travel.<ref name="BL_MultilevelStructureAtAlandur">{{cite news
| last = Raja Simhan 
| first = T. E.  
| title = Multi-level Metro rail corridor structure coming up at Alandur 
| newspaper = Business Line 
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 4 May 2012 
| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/multilevel-metro-rail-corridor-structure-coming-up-at-alandur/article3384607.ece
| access-date = 4 February 2015}}</ref> On 31 July 2020, It has been named by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] as ''Arignar Anna Alandur Metro'' to honor the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] founder and the former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[C. N. Annadurai]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2020/jul/31/tamil-nadu-government-to-rename-three-metro-rail-stations-in-chennai-after-late-chief-ministers-2177261.html |title=Tamil Nadu government to rename three metro rail stations in Chennai after late Chief Ministers |date=31 July 2020 |access-date=31 July 2020 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==The station==
[[File:Alandur station concourse.jpg|thumb|left|Alandur metro station concourse]]
As the station acts as a transit point for two different corridors of the Chennai Metro, the two lines are constructed at two different levels at the station—the first one serving the line from [[Guindy]] towards [[Officers Training Academy]] (OTA) and [[Chennai International Airport]] and the second one for the line from [[St. Thomas Mount]] towards [[Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus]].<ref name="Alandur_Chennaionline">{{cite news
 |title=ஆலந்தூரில் பிரமாண்ட மெட்ரோ ரயில் நிலையம் 
 |newspaper=Chennai Online 
 |location=Chennai 
 |language=ta 
 |date=14 April 2012 
 |url=http://tamil.chennaionline.com/news/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=3a9dd50b-492f-4351-b628-4be3148a0e2a&CATEGORYNAME=TCHN 
 |access-date=16 November 2012 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001451/http://tamil.chennaionline.com/news/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=3a9dd50b-492f-4351-b628-4be3148a0e2a&CATEGORYNAME=TCHN 
 |archive-date=4 March 2016
}}</ref> The two levels are being built at 26.55&nbsp;m and 35.41&nbsp;m within the station, connected by means of escalators.<ref name="DC_DesignedForExcellence"/> Each levels will have two access points for entry and exit.<ref name="Alandur_Chennaionline"/> A mezzanine floor—an intermediate level between ground floor and level I—is being built to be utilised for maintenance purpose.<ref name="DC_DesignedForExcellence"/>

A total of eight elevators will function at the station—four connecting the ground floor with level I and another four, along with four escalators, connecting level I with level II. The station will have 10 ticket counters apart from 18 automatic ticket-vending machines (ATVMs).<ref name="DC_DesignedForExcellence"/>

The station will have four access points on the ground floor—two for entry/exit from the front and two more on the rear. Ticket counters, one at either side of the lobby, are located past the access points. Crossing the lobby, passengers can move on to level I using any of the eight escalators and four lifts.<ref name="BL_MultilevelStructureAtAlandur"/>

Level I is the alighting point for those travelling on the Guindy–OTA–Airport route. From this level, there are four escalators and lifts leading to level II, from where passengers bound for the Koyambedu–SIDCO–St. Thomas Mount route can embark.<ref name="BL_MultilevelStructureAtAlandur"/>

The station will also have disabled-friendly facilities, including separate escalators and entry ramps.<ref name="DC_DesignedForExcellence">{{cite news
 |last=Karthikeyan 
 |first=K. 
 |title=Designed for excellence: Alandur to become prime metro station 
 |newspaper=The Deccan Chronicle 
 |location=Chennai 
 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle 
 |date=14 April 2012 
 |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/designed-excellence-alandur-become-prime-metro-station-270 
 |access-date=13 November 2012 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414080644/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/designed-excellence-alandur-become-prime-metro-station-270 
 |archive-date=14 April 2012
}}</ref>

The station is one of the few in the corridor that will have parking facilities.<ref name="SingleTrainTrip_16Buses300Cars600Bikes">{{cite news
| title = Single train trip to equal 16 buses, 300 cars and 600 bikes 
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| date = 29 August 2012 
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3832896.ece
| access-date = 25 November 2012}}</ref>

==Receiving sub-station==
A 230-kV receiving substation (RSS) is being built by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board near the station for CMRL project. TNEB would supply 110 kV power from nearby TNEB substation (being built by TNEB) to the RSS, which will be stepped down to 33 kV and 25 kv by two transformers. The station is one of the three stations in the Chennai Metro Rail network to have a 230-kV receiving sub-station for power supply from the state's electricity grid, the other two being [[Koyambedu metro station|Koyambedu]] and [[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central metro]].<ref name="TOI_MetroRailSetsUpUnitsToPowerTrains">{{cite news
 | title = Metro rail sets up units to power trains, stations to meet year-end deadline to start services 
 | newspaper = The Times of India 
 | location = Chennai
 | date = 15 April 2014 
 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Metro-rail-sets-up-units-to-power-trains-stations-to-meet-year-end-deadline-to-start-services/articleshow/33757188.cms
 | access-date = 18 April 2014}}</ref>

==Supporting facilities==
The Cantonment Board has decided to set up three AC bus shelters at Asar Ghana junction near the metro station, which would become an intermodal transport hub. Each shelter will be spread over 370&nbsp;sq&nbsp;ft with a seating capacity of 32 passengers and standing capacity of 45. Other facilities at the shelters would include ATM, CCTV, security guards, public urinals, drinking water, [[coffee vending machine]]s and announcements about bus arrivals. Commuters will be able to see a bus coming from 500&nbsp;metres on an LCD screen in the shelter. This would be the first of AC bus shelters in Chennai. The shelters would come up under a PPP model at an estimated cost of {{INR}} 12.5 million, which would be constructed and maintained for five years by a private firm, after which it will hand over the shelters to the board. The firm's revenue generation would be through advertisements in the shelter.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Mathew Philip 
| first = Christin 
| title = 3 AC bus shelters planned near Alandur metro station 
| newspaper = The Times of India 
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group 
| date = 17 September 2014 
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/3-AC-bus-shelters-planned-near-Alandur-metro-station/articleshow/42668303.cms
| access-date = 2 October 2014}}</ref>

In May 2018, CMRL began construction of foot overbridge at the station at a cost of {{INR}} 90 million and is expected to be completed in eight months.<ref name="Hindu_FOBConstructionBegins">{{cite news
| last = Sekar 
| first = Sunitha 
| title = Construction of foot overbridge begins at Alandur Metro station 
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 23 May 2018
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/construction-of-foot-overbridge-begins-at-alandur-metro-station/article23963541.ece
| access-date = 5 August 2018}}</ref>

==Commercial hub==
Arignar Anna Alandur metro station is one of the five stations in the first phase of the Chennai Metro project identified to be converted into commercial hubs, the others being Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT Metro, Arumbakkam, Ekkattuthangal, and Ashok Nagar. A 118,000&nbsp;sq&nbsp;ft building with a basement and stilt floor for car park is planned behind the station.<ref>{{cite news
| last = TNN 
| title = In less than a year, you can park, shop and ride at metro rail stations 
| newspaper = The Times of India 
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group 
| date = 23 September 2014 
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/In-less-than-a-year-you-can-park-shop-and-ride-at-metro-rail-stations/articleshow/43194300.cms
| access-date = 3 February 2015}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Alandur metro station}}
*[https://archive.is/20080324203500/http://www.chennaimetrorail.gov.in/index.html Official Website for Chennai Metro Rail Limited]

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