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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] AG – DMS metro station
| type = '''[[Chennai Metro]]''' '''[[List of Chennai metro stations|station]]'''
| style = Chennai Metro
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| address = Chokkalingam Nagar, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600086
| borough =
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0446755|80.2479706|type:railwaystation_region:SG|format=dms}}
| owned = [[Chennai Metro]]
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited
| line = {{rail color box|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue}}
| distance =
| platforms = [[Island platforms]]
Platform-1 → [[Chennai International Airport metro station]] Platform-2 → [[Washermanpet metro station]]
| tracks = 2
| train_operators =
| connections =
| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double track]]
| parking = No
| bicycle =
| disabled = Yes {{access icon}}
| code =
| zone =
| website =
| electrified = Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| opened = {{Start date|2018|05|25|df=y}}
| closed = 
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_rank =
| services = {{S-rail|title=Chennai Metro}}
{{S-line|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue|previous=Thousand Lights|next=Teynampet}}
| map_type = India Chennai#India
| map_caption = Location in Chennai##Location in India
| map_dot_label = AG – DMS metro station
| map_size = 300
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Blue Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''AG – DMS metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|Metro]] railway station on the [[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)|Blue Line]] of the [[Chennai Metro]]. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, [[Washermanpet metro station|Washermanpet]]–[[Chennai International Airport metro station|Chennai International Airport]] stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of [[Teynampet]] and [[T. Nagar]].

==Etymology==
The station is named as AG – DMS because of the presence of the Accountant General's (AG) Office and the office of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) in the vicinity.

===Construction===

==The station==
The station has a length of 380 meters. It is one of the two stations in Phase I of Chennai Metro, the other being the [[Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central metro station]], that measure a length of 380 meters or more.<ref>{{cite news | title = CMRL's compact stations have their own fan club | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | date = 29 June 2018
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/cmrls-compact-stations-have-their-own-fan-club/article24283329.ece
| accessdate = 15 July 2018}}</ref> The station was opened for public on 25 May 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-opens-two-underground-stretches/article23989294.ece|title=Chennai Metro Rail opens two underground stretches|last=Sekar|first=Sunitha|date=2018-05-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-01-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

[[File:AG-DMS metro station Chennai Tamil Nadu India.jpg|thumb|One of the Entrances, AG – DMS metro station, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.]]

===Station layout===
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom: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=390 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=400|Platform 1 → Toward [[Chennai International Airport metro station]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="390" |Platform 2 Toward ← [[Washermanpet metro station]]
|}

===Facilities===
List of available [[Cash machine|ATM]] at AAG – DMS metro station are

==Connections==
===Bus===
[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] bus routes number 1B, 11A, 11ACT, 11G, 11H, 13B, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 23C, 23V, 29N, 41C, 41D, 41F, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52K, 52P, 54, 54D, 54M, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88Ccut, 88K, 88R, 118A, 188, 221, 221H, A51, B18, B29NGS, D51, E18, M51R, serves the station from nearby DMS bus stand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtcbus.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-date=26 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526170357/http://mtcbus.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Entry/Exit==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="70%"
|-
! align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#{{Chennai Metro color|Blue}};"| '''AG – DMS metro station Entry/exits '''
|-
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A1
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A2
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A3
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A4
|-
| DMS || || ||
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|}

==See also==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Chennai]]
* [[Anna Salai]]
* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
* [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System]]
* [[Chennai Monorail]]
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Chennai International Airport]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]
* [[Urban rail transit in India]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}
* {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/AG-DMS+Metro/@13.0446755,80.2479706,174m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x3a52664f362ce6ad:0x9e431c60613d80!2sAG-DMS+Metro!8m2!3d13.0446656!4d80.2480186!3m4!1s0x3a52664f362ce6ad:0x9e431c60613d80!8m2!3d13.0446656!4d80.2480186|title= AG-DMS metro station}}

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{{Transport in Chennai}}
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