Meenambakkam metro station

Meenambakkam Metro
மீனம்பாக்கம் மெட்ரோ
Chennai Metro Station
Platforms Side platforms
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station
Terminus
Blue Line
toward Washermanpet

Meenambakkam is a Metro railway station on the Line 1 of the Chennai Metro, which is currently under construction. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Washermanpet–Chennai International Airport stretch and is the penultimate station on the southern side of the corridor. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Meenambakkam and Tirusulam.

Construction

The construction work of the station has been awarded to URC Construction Company Private Limited, Erode.[1]

The station

The station is an elevated one although the stretch after the station dips below the ground for a brief distance to negotiate the air funnel area of the second runway of the airport.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 TNN (15 February 2015). "Chennai metro rail airport line takes shape". The Times of India (Chennai: The Times Group). Retrieved 15 February 2015.

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