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{{Short description|Chennai Metro's Green Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]]<br />Arumbakkam
| type               = {{Chennai Metro Infobox station line|line = Green|line2 = Inter}}
| style              = Chennai Metro
| image              = Arumbakkam metro station.jpg
| image_caption      = Arumbakkam metro station
| address            = Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Vinayagapuram, Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600106
| coordinates        = {{coord|13|3|44|N|80|12|42|E|display=inline,title}}
| line               = {{rcb|Chennai Metro|Green|croute}} {{color box|#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}; font-size:100%|[[Green Line  (Chennai Metro)#Inter Corridor Line|<span style="color:blue;">'''Inter Corridor Line'''</span>]]|}}
| other              = 
| structure          = [[Elevated]], [[Double-track railway|Double Track]]
| platform           = [[Side platform]]<br />
Platform-1 → [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO metro station|St. Thomas Mount]]<br />Platform-2 → [[Chennai Central metro station|M.G.R Chennai Central]]
| depth              = 
| levels             = 2
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = {{parking symbol}} Available
| bicycle            = Free Bicycle {{parking symbol}} Available
| opened             = {{start date and age|2015|June|29}}
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = [[Single-phase electric power|Single-phase]] {{25 kV 50 Hz}} [[overhead catenary]]
| accessible         = Yes {{access icon}}
| code               = SAR
| owned              = [[Chennai Metro]]
| operator           = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
| zone               = 
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| former             = 
| passengers         = 
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| services           = {{adjacent stations|system=Chennai Metro|line=Green|left=CMBT|right=Vadapalani|line2=Blue|left2=CMBT|to-left2=Chennai Central|note-mid2=''(Inter-Corridor Service)''|right2=Vadapalani|to-right2=Kilambakkam}}
| route_map          = {{Chennai Metro Green Line Route}}
| map_state          = collapsed
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-marker    = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
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'''Arumbakkam''' is an elevated metro station on the South-East Corridor of the [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)|Green Line]] of [[Chennai Metro]] in [[Chennai]], India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of [[Vinayagapuram]], [[Choolaimedu]] and [[MMDA Colony]].

==Construction history==
[[File:Arumbakkam metro station 02.jpg|thumb|left|220px|A view of the platforms inside the station]]
The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The station attained structural completion in September 2013. The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of [[Koyambedu metro station|Koyambedu]], [[CMBT metro station|CMBT]], [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]] and [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]] was {{INR}} 1,395.4 million.<ref name="Hindu_ArukbnakkamStnAlmostComplete">{{cite news| title = Arumbakkam metro station almost complete| newspaper = The Hindu| location = Chennai | date = 10 September 2013|url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/arumbakkam-metro-station-almost-complete/article5110276.ece| access-date = 2 Feb 2015}}</ref>

==The station==
The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]]. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels. The station will have four entry and exit points, four lifts and eight escalators; there will also be a ramp to facilitate the movement of disabled people from the ground level to the concourse level.<ref name="Hindu_ArukbnakkamStnAlmostComplete"/> Elevation of the platforms will be about 15&nbsp;m from the ground level and the total length of the platforms will be 140&nbsp;m.<ref name="TOI_AllRoadsLeadToMetro">{{cite news| last = Hemalatha| first = Karthikeyan| author2 = V Ayyappan| title = All roads to lead to metro stations| newspaper = The Times of India| location = Chennai| publisher = The Times Group| date = 17 January 2013| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2013/01/17&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML| access-date = 18 Jan 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201161554/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F01%2F17&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML| archive-date = 1 February 2015| url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Station layout===
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Arumbakkam track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}
| title-color = white
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[CMBT metro station|Jayalalithaa CMBT]]
*'''P1'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P2'''
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]]
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}}}
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover<br/>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}>'''Platform 2'''<br/>'''Northbound'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → [[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]]<br><small>'''Next Station:''' [[CMBT metro station|Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J.Jayalalithaa CMBT]]</small>
|-
|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}>'''Platform 1'''<br/>'''Southbound'''</span> 
|<span style=color:white></span>Towards ← [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]]<br><small>'''Next Station:''' [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]]</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

===Facilities===
* Elevator
*Ticket booking Machines
*Refreshmentaries
*Atm

==Commercial hub==
[[File:Arumbakkam Metro Station.jpg|thumb|Entrance of the Arumbakkam Metro Station]]
Arumbakkam 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 [[CMBT metro station|CMBT]], [[Alandur metro station|Alandur]], [[Ekkattuthangal metro station|Ekkattuthangal]], and [[Ashok Nagar metro station|Ashok Nagar]]. Two nine-floor buildings, measuring 51,379&nbsp;sq&nbsp;ft and 32,721&nbsp;sq&nbsp;ft, are proposed to be built at the Arumbakkam 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==
{{stack|{{Portal|India|Trains}}}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
* [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System]]
* [[Chennai Monorail]]
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]
* [[List of metro systems in India]]
* [[Rapid transit in India|List of rapid transit systems in India]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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