Wimco Nagar Depot metro station

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Wimco Nagar Depot Metro

| type = Chennai Metro station

| style = Chennai Metro

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| address = Ernavur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

| line = {{color box|#{{rail color|Chennai Metro|Blue}}}} Blue Line (Chennai Metro)

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| structure = Elevated, Double track

| platform = Island platforms

Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here

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| opened = {{start date and age|2022|03|14|df=yes}}

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| electrified = Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary

| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

| code = SWD

| owned = Chennai Metro

| operator = Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

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Wimco Nagar Depot Metro station is a Metro railway station on Line 1 Extension of the Chennai Metro. The station is one of the 10 stations in the Phase I northern extension and one of the 26 stations along the Blue Line (Chennai Metro) of the Chennai Metro. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Ernavur and other northern suburbs of Chennai. This station was inaugurated along with Thiruvottriyur Theradi Metro Station on 14 March 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=Chennai metro rail opens two stations in phase-1 extension |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-rail-opens-two-stations-in-phase-1-extension-7818959/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

History

With the inauguration of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I, a depot was planned for the Wimco Nagar metro station.{{cite web

| url = https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/chennai-metro-inaugurates-blue-line-extension/

| title = Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension

| last = Cuenca

| first = Oliver

| date = 16 February 2021

| website = International Railway Journal

| publisher = IRJ

| access-date = 18 February 2021

| quote = }} In January 2022, the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation decided to build a new station at this depot, located about 500 meters from the station.{{cite news | last = Sekar | first = Sunitha | title = Metro Rail plans a station at Wimco Nagar depot | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | pages = | language = | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 5 January 2022 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/metro-rail-plans-a-station-at-wimco-nagar-depot/article38129620.ece | access-date = 15 January 2022}}

The station

=Structure=

Wimco Nagar Depot is an elevated Metro station situated on the Blue Line (Chennai Metro). It is located in the neighbourhood of Ernavur, about 500 meters from the Wimco Nagar metro station.

=Station layout=

There will be two entrances for the Lighthouse metro station, one of which will be near the lighthouse.{{Cite news

| last = Sekar

| first = Sunitha

| title = Soon, Marina on the Metro map

| newspaper = The Hindu

| location = Chennai

| pages =

| language =

| publisher = Kasturi & Sons

| date = 26 April 2019

| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/soon-marina-to-be-on-the-metro-map/article26950476.ece

| accessdate = 2 May 2019}}

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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390 valign=top|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

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 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=100|Platform 1
Southbound

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → Chennai International Airport next station is Wimco Nagar (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)

Platform 2
Northbound

|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;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}

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Depot

The elevated station will have a depot to maintain and park trains running between Washermanpet and Wimco Nagar. The depot will have 16 lines, including the one for the station. The depot will have a small station, a training facility, and other amenities for the depot staff and train operators. The depot station is separate from the Wimco Nagar elevated station and will be less than a kilometer away from the Wimco Nagar metro station. It will cover an area of 15,500 square meter and will be at a height of 12 meters. The depot will rest on 1,161 underground foundation pile columns. It is connected with a 1.8-meter-thick concrete raft on which 324 columns of varying thickness will be built. A four-level parking space will be built in these columns below the stabling lines. A 600-meter link corridor connects these lines with the mainline proceeding towards Wimco Nagar elevated station. Other features include a 7.5-meter-wide internal road around the depot, stormwater drains, and 600,000-liter (159,000 gallon) water tank. A 10,000-square-meter area near the depot will be earmarked for future parking spaces, besides a 1,055-square-meter auto coach washing plant with three levels for property development. Designed to handle all the 52 trains of the Metro, the depot is planned to be completed by December 2020.{{cite web

| url = https://www.ctbuh.org/news/transit-oriented-development-announced-in-chennai

| title = Transit-Oriented Development Announced in Chennai

| last =

| first =

| date = 8 January 2020

| website = Global Tall Building News

| publisher = CTBUH

| access-date = 14 September 2020

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The construction of the elevated depot began in 2018 at a cost of {{INR}} 2,300 million. The depot covers an area of 3.5 ha, with provision to station 12 trains. Other facilities in the depot include three inspections lines, one emergency repair line, and a small plant for washing trains.{{cite news|last=Sekar |first=Sunitha |title = Metro Rail extension gathers pace|newspaper= The Hindu|date=5 May 2018|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/metro-rail-extension-gathers-pace/article23778585.ece |access-date=12 May 2018}} The Metro Rail is planning to build a 60-meter-tall, 20-storied building above the elevated depot station for residential or office space.

{{Routemap

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cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to Train Terminates Here

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cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to Wimco Nagar

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Station with two tracks and two side platforms

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Connectivity

=Rail=

Wimco Nagar railway station

References

External links

{{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.

Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2022

Category:Chennai Metro stations

Category:Railway stations in Chennai