Guindy metro station

Guindy is an elevated metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India, which opened on 21 September 2016. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of Guindy and Velachery.

Guindy
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Guindy Flyover, Race View Colony, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600032
Coordinates	13.009262°N 80.213189°E / 13.009262; 80.213189
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future) Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar Depot
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SGU
History
Opened	21 September 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-21)
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Little Mount towards Wimco Nagar Depot Blue Line Alandur towards Chennai International Airport Out-of-system interchange Little Mount towards Wimco Nagar Depot Blue Line (Future Service) Alandur towards Kilambakkam Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station Saidapet towards Chennai Beach South Line transfer at Guindy St. Thomas Mount towards Tambaram, Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottriyur Thiruvottriyur Theradi Kaladipet Toll Gate New Washermanpet Tondiarpet Sir Theagaraya College Washermanpet Mannadi High Court Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line M.G.R Central Green Line Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights Purple Line AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Orange Line Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Green LineRed Line Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Pallavaram Kothandam Nagar Chromepet Mahalakshmi Colony Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Tambaram Irumbuliyur Peerkankaranai Perungalathur Vandalur Arignar Anna Zoological Park Kilambakkam Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location

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 that will have two skywalks providing access to the station—one near the Guindy Industrial Estate and the other near Race Course Road.^[2]

Station layout

Guindy track layout
Legend
to Little Mount P2 P1 to Arignar Anna Alandur Green Line
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

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
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Chennai International Airport Next Station: Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for Green Line (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station: Little Mount
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

See also

• India portal

• List of Chennai metro stations
• Chennai Metro
• Chennai International Airport

References

1. "Metro Rail Set to Bridge Gap on Guindy Line". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2. Sekar, Sunitha (13 August 2014). "Skywalks for three Chennai Metro stations". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

External links

• Official Website for Chennai Metro Rail Limited