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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] Egmore Metro
| type = [[:Category:Chennai Metro stations|Chennai Metro Station]]
| style = Chennai Metro
| image = Egmore metro station.jpg
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| address = Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600008
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0791464|80.2610885|type:railwaystation_region:SG|format=dms}}
| line = {{color box|#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}}} [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)]]
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| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double Track]]
| platform = [[Island platform]] 
Platform-1 → [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO metro station|St. Thomas Mount]] Platform-2 → [[Chennai Central metro station|M.G.R Chennai Central]]
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| parking = {{Parking symbol}} Available
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| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|2018|May|25}}
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| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
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| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
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| map_dot_label = Egmore metro station
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Green Line Route}}
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'''Egmore Metro station''' is a [[Rapid transit|Metro]] railway station on Line 2 of the [[Chennai Metro]]. The station is among the underground 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 [[Egmore]] and [[Vepery]].

==History==
{{Empty section|date=December 2017}}

===Construction===

==The station==
The station covers an area of about 8,000 square meter and is located adjacent to the [[Egmore railway station]].<ref>{{cite news| title = New Metro stretches may be launched from Egmore | newspaper = The Hindu| location = Chennai| publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 14 May 2018 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-metro-stretches-may-be-launched-from-egmore/article23875305.ece | access-date = 12 August 2018}}</ref> The station has four entry and exit points.<ref>{{cite news | title = Metro stretch to have fewer entry points | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | date = 8 May 2017 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/metro-stretch-to-have-fewer-entry-points/article18407192.ece | access-date = 10 May 2017}}</ref>

===Structure===
Egmore is underground Metro station situated on [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)]].

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===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=500|Platform 1 → Towards → [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]] next station is [[Nehru Park metro station|Nehru Park]]
|-
|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="500" |Platform 2 ← Towards ← [[Chennai Central metro station|M.G.R Chennai Central]] '''''Change at the next station for '''{{color box|#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Blue}}; font-size:100%|[[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)|'''Blue Line''']]|}}''
|}
{{Routemap
| title = Egmore track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = STRg\STRf
STR+BSl\STR+BSr ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Chennai Central metro station|M.G.R Chennai Central]]
STR+BSl\STR+BSr
STR+BSl\STR+BSr ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Nehru Park metro station|Nehru Park]]
STRg\STRf
| bottom = <div style="width:35em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and one Island platform</div>
}}

===Facilities===
List of available [[Cash machine|ATM]] at Egmore metro station are

==Connections==
===Bus===
[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] bus routes number 15A, 15B, 20, 23A, 28, 28A, 28B, 53A, 53E, 120K, serves the station from nearby Egmore bus stand.<ref>http://www.mtcbus.org/</ref>

===Rail===
[[Chennai Egmore railway station]]

==Entry/Exit==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="70%"
|-
! align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Green}};"| '''Egmore 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
|-
| Chennai Egmore Railway Station (Platform 9) || || ||
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|}

==See also==
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* [[Chennai]]
* [[Chetput (Chennai)]]
* [[Chetput Lake]]
* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
* [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System]]
* [[Chennai Monorail]]
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Chetput railway station]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]
* [[Urban rail transit in India]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
{{div col end}}
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==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/Egmore+Metro/@13.0791464,80.2610885,352m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sEgmore+metro+station!3m4!1s0x3a5266099d8db6e7:0x7746cc908b80bb53!8m2!3d13.0790586!4d80.2611065|title= Egmore metro station}}

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