Guindy metro station
Guindy கிண்டி | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chennai Metro station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | Side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guindy metro station is a Metro railway station on the Blue Line 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. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Guindy and Velachery.
The station
The 105-metre-long steel girder rail overbridge, which is the only such structure in the entire Chennai Metro system, lies near the station.[1]
The station is also the only one in the entire system with two skywalks providing access to the station—one near the Guindy Industrial Estate and the other near Race Course Road.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Metro Rail Set to Bridge Gap on Guindy Line". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Sekar, Sunitha (13 August 2014). "Skywalks for three Chennai Metro stations". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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