Koyambedu metro station
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Koyambedu Metro station is a Metro railway station on the Line 2 of the Chennai Metro, which is currently under construction. The station is among the elevated stations coming up along corridor II of the Chennai Metro, Chennai Central–St. Thomas Mount stretch. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Koyambedu, Koyambedu vegetable market, and Koyambedu Private Bus Terminus.
The station
The station is being constructed as an elevated station near Koyambedu vegetable market. The station will be able to handle about 23,000 passengers an hour. Elevation of the platforms will be about 15 m from the ground level and the total length of the platforms will be 140 m.[1]
Supportive infrastructure
The station lies within 1 km from the Koyambedu Junction. The highways department has proposed a 1-km flyover that passes through Jawaharlal Nehru Road–Kaliamman Koil Street Junction. A skywalk has also been planned near the station across the Ponamallee High Road.[1]
See also
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Chennai Metro
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hemalatha, Karthikeyan; V Ayyappan (17 January 2013). "All roads to lead to metro stations". The Times of India (Chennai: The Times Group). Retrieved 18 Jan 2013.
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