Poonamallee Bypass metro station
{{Short description|Chennai Metro's upcoming Orange Line terminal metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2021}}
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Poonamallee Bypass
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| type = {{Chennai Metro Infobox station line|line = 4}}
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| address = Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600056
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| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0479|80.08215|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Chennai Metro
| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited
| line = {{rcb|Chennai Metro|Orange|croute}}
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| platforms = Side platforms
Platform-1 → Lighthouse
Platform-2 → Parandur Airport
| tracks = 2
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| structure = Elevated, Double track
| parking = No
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| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Under Construction
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| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
| opening = {{start date and age|December 2025|df=yes}} (TBC)
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Poonamallee Bypass metro station is an upcoming elevated metro station on the Orange Line of the Chennai Metro. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of corridor IV and 18 elevated stations along corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Poonamallee.
History
In January 2021, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) began the bidding process for the construction of this Poonamallee Bypass metro station, that spans between Poonamallee Bypass and Porur Junction, a 7.945 km segment forming Corridor 4 within Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro project.
The contract, designated as Package C4-ECV-02, drew prominent interest from a number of prominent infrastructure firms, including Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Tata Projects, Afcons Infrastructure, and lastly with ITD Cementation India Ltd. Following a quite thorough evaluation of all of the technical submissions along with financial bids, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was declared the lowest bidder, with its proposal meeting both engineering requirements along with cost parameters set by CMRL. Subsequently, the contract was awarded in full to them. Construction of the station began in 2021. The construction is being funded by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.{{cite news
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| title = Kodambakkam to Poonamalee Chennai Metro stretch to be operational by June 2024
| newspaper = The New Indian Express
| location = Chennai
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| publisher = Express Publications
| date = 13 August 2021
| url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/aug/13/kodambakkam-to-poonamalee-chennai-metro-stretch-to-be-operational-by-june-2024-2344207.html
| access-date = 30 December 2021}} Following the award, they initiated work in line with the project's approved blueprint and execution plan. {{Cite web |date=2021-01-22 |title=L&T Wins Chennai Metro Line-4’s Porur – Poonamallee Section |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2021/01/22/lt-wins-chennai-metro-line-4s-porur-poonamallee-section/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=The Metro Rail Guy |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Chennai Metro Phase 2 – Information, Route Maps, Tenders & Updates |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/chennai-metro-phase-2-information-map/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=The Metro Rail Guy |language=en-US}}
Depot
The Poonamallee Bypass metro station will feature a depot, which will be one of the five depots of the Chennai Metro. Built at a cost of {{INR}}2,250 million, the depot will have 24 tracks and will be used for the repair, maintenance and cleaning of trains and will exclusively serve the trains to be operated on the Poonamallee–Light House stretch.{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Metro finalises contractor for phase II's Poonamallee depot | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | pages = | language = | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 24 September 2021 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/metro-finalises-contractor-for-phase-iis-poonamallee-depot/article36640878.ece | access-date = 30 December 2021}} The depot will feature ballast tracks to save on capital expenditure, since laying ballastless track my cost an additional {{INR}}800 to 900 million.{{cite news | last = | first = | title = CMRL may decide to build ballast tracks at Poonamallee depot | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | pages = | language = | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 28 January 2021 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/cmrl-may-go-for-ballast-tracks-at-poonamalle-depot/article33679919.ece | access-date = 30 December 2021}}
= Station Layout ''(TBC)'' =
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| title = Poonamallee Bypass track layout (TBC)
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| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Orange}}
| legend = track
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cPLT\vSTRgf\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to Poonamallee *
- P#\cPLT\vSTRgf\cPLT\*P#
cPLT\vSTRgf\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to Train Terminates Here **
vENDEe-!~v-ENDExe
exv-CONTf ~~ ~~ ~~ Towards Parandur Airport
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* Under Construction
** (Further extension to {{stl|Chennai Metro|Parandur Airport}} metro station in the future)
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=30 valign=top|G |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85 valign=top|Street level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance |
| valign=top|L1
|valign=top|Mezzanine |valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 rowspan=4 valign=top|L2
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85|Platform # Eastbound |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → {{stl|Chennai Metro|Lighthouse}} |
| Platform # Westbound |Towards ← Train Terminates Here |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|Side platform | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 rowspan=2 valign=top|L2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85| |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500| |
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons|Chennai Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Chennai}}
- {{Official website|http://chennaimetrorail.org/}}
- [http://www.urbanrail.net UrbanRail.Net] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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