Porur Bypass metro station
{{short description|Upcoming Chennai Metro's Orange Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
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Porur Bypass
| style = Chennai Metro
| type = {{Chennai Metro Infobox station line|line = 4}}
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| address =
| coordinates = {{coord|13.03628|80.15017|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
| operator = Chennai Metro
| lines = {{rcb|Chennai Metro|Orange|croute}}
| platforms = Island platform
Platform-1 → {{stl|Chennai Metro|Lighthouse}}
Platform-2 → {{stl|Chennai Metro|Poonamallee Bypass}}
| tracks = 2
| structure = Elevated, Double track
| levels = 2
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Under Construction
| opening = {{start date and age|df=yes|December 2025}}
| electrified = Single phase 25 kV, 35 Hz AC through overhead catenary
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Chennai Metro|line1=Orange|left1=Thelliyaragaram|to-left1=Poonamallee Bypass|right1=Porur|to-right1=Lighthouse|line2=Orange|left2=Thelliyaragaram|to-left2=Parandur Airport|note-mid2=(Future Service)|right2=Porur|to-right2=Lighthouse}}
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| map_size =
| map_dot_label =
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Orange Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Orange}}
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Porur Bypass is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Orange Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. This station is slated to be commercialized on December 2025.{{Cite news |title=Poonamallee to Porur metro stretch to be inaugurated by December|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/cities/chennai/2025/Feb/14/poonamallee-to-porur-metro-stretch-to-be-inaugurated-by-december-says-cm-stalin|date=2025-02-14|access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The New Indian Express|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}}
History
In February 2021, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) invited bids for the construction of Porur Bypass metro station alongwith eight other stations from Thelliyaragaram to Poonamallee Bypass stations, in a package.
Upon evaluation, HCC - KEC JV, submitted the most favorable bid in both technical and financial terms and was consequently awarded the contract.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-13 |title=HCC-KEC JV bags Rs 1,147 crore order from Chennai Metro Rail|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/construction/hcc-kec-jv-bags-rs-1147-cr-order-from-chennai-metro-rail/articleshow/82603523.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Economic Times|language=en-US}} They commenced construction of elevated viaducts in accordance with the approved execution framework, marking another milestone in the progress of Corridor 4.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-31 |title=Barricading Work Begins for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/31/barricading-work-begins-for-chennai-metros-phase-2/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Metro Rail Guy |language=en-US}}
Station layout
Station Layout
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Porur Bypass track layout (TBC)
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Orange}}
| title-color = white
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = CONTg\HSTf
PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Chennai Metro|Porur}} **
- P#\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\*P#
PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Chennai Metro|Thelliyaragaram}} **
HSTg\CONTf
| bottom =
** Under Construction
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| width="30" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |G | width="85" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street level | width="500" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L1
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Mezzanine | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| rowspan="3" width="30" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L2
| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Platform # | width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Towards → {{stl|Chennai Metro|Lighthouse}} |
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |Island platform |
| width="85" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform # Westbound | width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards ← {{stl|Chennai Metro|Poonamallee Bypass}} ** |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="30" valign="top" |L2
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="85" valign="top" |Note: | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" valign="top" |** (Further extension to {{stl|Chennai Metro|Parandur Airport}} in the future) |
Entry/Exit
Porur Bypass metro station will have only one Entry/Exit point (in the direction of Poonamallee towards Porur) rather than two as in case of other metro stations, due to the presence of Porur Lake on the opposite side of the station.{{Cite news |date=2024-10-23 |title=Chennai Metro Rail to build only one entry/exit point at Porur Bypass station in the phase II project |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-rail-to-build-only-one-entryexit-point-at-porur-bypass-station-in-the-phase-ii-project/article68786951.ece |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Hindu|language=en-US}}
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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