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{{distinguish|New Ashok Nagar metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] Ashok Nagar Metro
| type = [[:Category:Chennai Metro stations|Chennai Metro Station]]
| style = Chennai Metro
| image =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Sector 10, Ashok Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600083
| coordinates = {{coord|13.035483|80.211329|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{color box|#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}}} [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)]]
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]], [[Double-track railway|Double track]]
| platform = [[Side platforms]]
Platform-1 → [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]] Platform-2 → [[Nehru Park metro station|Nehru Park]]
| depth =
| levels = 2
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle =
| baggage_check =
| opened = {{start date and age|2015|June|29|mf=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| code =
| owned = [[Chennai Metro]]
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
| zone =
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| passengers =
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| services = {{S-rail|title=Chennai Metro}}
{{S-line|system=Chennai Metro|line=Green|previous=Vadapalani|next=Ekkattuthangal}}
| map_type = India Chennai
| map_dot_label = Ashok Nagar metro station
| map_size = 300
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Green Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Ashok Nagar Metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|Metro]] railway station on the Line 2 of the [[Chennai Metro]], which is currently under operation. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, [[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]]–[[St. Thomas Mount metro station|St. Thomas Mount]] stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]] and [[Mambalam]].

==History==

===Construction history===

The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of [[Koyambedu metro station|Koyambedu]], [[Arumbakkam metro station|Arumbakkam]], [[CMBT metro station|CMBT]], and [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]] was {{INR}} 1,395.4 million.<ref name="Hindu_ArukbnakkamStnAlmostComplete">{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| author2=
| title = Arumbakkam metro station almost complete
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| 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==
Upon completion, Ashok Nagar Metro Rail station will be the highest elevated station in the entire Chennai Metro Rail system. Initially planned to have a ground floor, a concourse floor and a platform floor, four additional floors have been planned to the original plan to make it a six-storey structure, chiefly to generate revenue by letting out the floors to offices and commercial establishments. After completion, the station will have a height of more than 40 metres, which will be higher than the [[Alandur metro station|Alandur metro rail elevated station]] where the two corridors of Phase I of the Chennai Metro Rail (viz. Washermenpet-Airport and Central-St Thomas Mount lines) converge.<ref name="TOI_AshokNagarToBeHighestMetroStation">{{cite news
| last = Ayyappan
| first = V.
| author2=
| title = At 40m, Ashok Nagar to be highest metro station
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 8 August 2014
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/At-40m-Ashok-Nagar-to-be-highest-metro-station/articleshow/39850852.cms
| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>

Unlike other stations of the system which are located in the middle of busy main roads, the station is located a little away from 100-Feet Road in the middle of a residential area.<ref name="TOI_AshokNagarToBeHighestMetroStation"/>

===Layout===
{{Routemap
| title = Ashok Nagar track layout
|title-bg=#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map =
vCONTgfa
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani]]
cBS\vSTR\cBS
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Ekkattuthangal metro station|Ekkattuthangal]]
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:10em;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 
|-
|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|[[Side platform]] No- 1, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards →[[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]]
|-
|'''Northbound'''
|→Towards ←[[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]]
|-
|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|[[Side platform]] No- 2, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|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===
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==Supportive infrastructure==
Along with [[Koyambedu metro station|Koyambedu]] and [[Vadapalani metro station|Vadapalani Metro stations]], Ashok Nagar Metro station will be developed by leasing out space either for shops or office spaces. As part of fire safety measures, underground water tanks of 50,000 to 100,000 litre capacity will be set up at the station.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Express News Service
| first =
| title = Metro Rail Stations to Sport Snazzy Look
| newspaper = The New Indian Express
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Express Publications
| date = 30 October 2014
| url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Metro-Rail-Stations-to-Sport-Snazzy-Look/2014/10/30/article2499052.ece
| access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>

The station has a skywalk that connects [[Udayam Theatre]] with the Metro station.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Sekar
| first = Sunitha
| author2=
| title = Skywalks for three Chennai Metro stations
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| date = 13 August 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/skywalks-for-three-chennai-metro-stations/article6309756.ece
| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| author2=
| title = Skywalk opened
| newspaper = Live Chennai
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language = English
| date = 5 September 2015
| url=http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=21258
| access-date = 5 May 2017}}</ref>

==Connections==
[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] bus routes number 5E, 5T, 11G, 11H, 12G, 18F, 18M, 49A, 77J, 111, 113, 114, 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170CET, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170P, 170S, 270J, 500C, 568C, 568T, 570, 570AC, 570S, A70, B70, D70, D70CUT, D70NS, D170, F70, M70, M70CNS, M70D, M70NS, M70S, M170T, M270, S26 serves the station from nearby Udhayam Theatre (Ashok Pillar) bus stand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtcbus.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 October 2017 |archive-date=26 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526170357/http://mtcbus.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Entry/Exit==
{{Empty section|date=October 2017}}

==See also==
{{stack|}}
{{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.
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Ashok+Nagar/@13.0352885,80.2104816,383m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a5266e015dc0351:0x898af55fdc689e0b!8m2!3d13.0354183!4d80.2111099|title= Ashok Nagar metro station}}

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