Kaladipet metro station

Kaladipet
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Rajakadai, Tiruchanankuppam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600019
Coordinates	13°09′03″N 80°17′58″E
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 ^[citation needed]
Other information
Station code	SKP
History
Opened	14 February 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-14)
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Thiruvottriyur Theradi towards Wimco Nagar Depot Blue Line Toll Gate towards Chennai International Airport Blue Line (Future Service) Toll Gate towards Kilambakkam
Route map 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

Kaladipet (formerly known as Thangal 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 Kaladipet and other northern suburbs of Chennai.

History

The station was inaugurated on 14 February 2021, with the inauguration of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I.^[2]

Station layout

Kaladipet track layout
to Tiruvottriyur Theradi P2 P1 to Toll Gate
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: Toll Gate (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station: Tiruvottriyur Theradi
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

See also

• Chennai
• List of Chennai metro stations
• Railway stations in Chennai

References

1. C, Shivakumar (24 October 2020). "Phase-1 Metro extension trial next month". Express News Service. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
2. Cuenca, Oliver (16 February 2021). "Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension". International Railway Journal. IRJ. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

External links

• Official website

• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.