New Washermanpet (formerly known as Tondiarpet Metro Station)[1] is an elevated metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Line 1 Extension of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of New Washermanpet and other northern suburbs of Chennai.
History
editThe station was inaugurated on 14 February 2021, with the inauguration of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I.[2]
Station layout
editNew Washermanpet track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
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| Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards → Chennai International Airport Next Station: Tondiarpet (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future) | |
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station: Toll Gate | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
See also
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References
edit- ^ C, Shivakumar (24 October 2020). "Phase-1 Metro extension trial next month". Express News Service. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Cuenca, Oliver (16 February 2021). "Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension". International Railway Journal. IRJ. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai.
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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