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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]] Kilpauk Medical College Metro
| type = [[:Category:Chennai Metro stations|Chennai Metro Station]]
| style = Chennai Metro
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| address = New Bupathy Nagar, Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600031
| coordinates = {{coord|13.077536|80.242866|type:railwaystation_region:SG|format=dms}}
| line = {{color box|#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}}}} [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)]]
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| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double Track]]
| platform = [[Island 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]]
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| parking = {{Parking symbol}} Available
| bicycle = Free bicycle {{parking symbol}}
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| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|2017|May|15}}
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| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
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| owned = [[Chennai Metro]]
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
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'''Kilpauk Medical College 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 inaugurated on 14 May 2017.<ref>http://themetrorailguy.com/2017/05/14/chennai-metros-8-km-koyambedu-nehru-park-section-inaugurated/</ref> The station will serve the neighbourhoods of [[Kilpauk]] and [[Chetput]].

==History==
===Construction===
The [[Chennai Metro Rail]] project took 2,756 square meters of land from the Kilpauk Medical College for the construction of the Metro station.<ref>{{cite news|last=Josephine M.|first=Serena|title= KMC gets Rs. 3.54 crore from CMRL |url= https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kmc-gets-rs-354-crore-from-cmrl/article24447469.ece |access-date=22 July 2018|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 July 2018}}</ref>

==The station==
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===
Kilpauk Medical College is underground Metro station situated on [[Green Line (Chennai Metro)]].

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===Station layout===
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|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=390|Platform 1 → Toward [[St. Thomas Mount railway station#Integrated Terminus for suburban.2C MRTS .26 METRO|St. Thomas Mount]]
|-
|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 ← [[Nehru Park metro station|Nehru Park]]
|}

===Facilities===
List of available [[Cash machine|ATM]] at Kilpauk Medical College metro station are

==Connections==
===Bus===
[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] bus routes number 15, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15F, 15FCT, 15G, 27B, 27C, 29B, 29C, 29N, 37D, 37G, 40, 40A, 50, 53A, 53B, 53E, 53P, 54V, 56G, 59, 59A, 71C, 71D, 71E, 71F, 71H, 71V, 101, 101NS, 127B, 129C, 150, 153, 159, 159A, 159ANS, 159B, 159D, 159E, 159F, 159K, 553, 571, B29NGS, J29C, M15LCT, M29B, M29C, M54V, serves the station from nearby K.M.C Hospital bus stand.<ref>http://www.mtcbus.org/</ref>

===Rail===
[[Chetput railway station]]

==Entry/Exit==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="65%"
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! align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#{{Chennai Metro color|Green}};"| '''Kilpauk Medical College metro station Entry/exits '''
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! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A1
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A2
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A3
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-A4
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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]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==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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{{Chennai topics}}
{{Chennai Metro}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}
{{Rapid transit in Asia}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]

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