Government Estate metro station is a Metro railway station on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Washermanpet–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Chepauk, Triplicane and Chintadripet.
This metro station is very much useful for visitors to Ritchie Street and Ellis Road which are two very big commercial streets in Chennai city.
History
Etymology
The station is named so because of the presence of the Omandurar Government Estate in the vicinity.
Construction
The station
The station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.[1]
Structure
Government Estate is underground Metro station situated on Blue Line (Chennai Metro).
Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Southbound | Platform 1 → Toward Chennai International Airport metro station |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right Template:Access icon | ||
| Northbound | Platform 2 Toward ← Washermanpet metro station | |
Facilities
List of available ATM at Government Estate metro station are
Connections
Bus
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1J, 2A, 3A, 5C, 6A, 11A, 11G, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 22B, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27B, 27BCUT, 27BET, 27E, 32, 38C, 40, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52P, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 118A, 138C, 188, 221, 221H, A1, A51, B18, D51, E18, M21C, M51R, serves the station from nearby Simson bus stand.[2]
Rail
Entry/Exit
| align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Chennai Metro color;"| Government Estate metro station Entry/exits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gate No-A1 | Gate No-A2 | Gate No-A3 | Gate No-A4 |
Gallery
See also
- Chennai
- Chintadripet
- Cooum River
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Chennai Metro
- Railway stations in Chennai
- Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
- Chennai Monorail
- Chennai Suburban Railway
- Chintadripet railway station
- Chennai International Airport
- Transport in Chennai
- Urban rail transit in India
- List of metro systems
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References
- ↑ Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on. The Hindu(21 January 2019). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ↑ http://www.mtcbus.org/
External links
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- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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