Nandanam is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Nandanam and T. Nagar. It has a length of 230 to 250 meters.

This metro station will serve as an interchange with the upcoming Yellow Line under Phase 2 of Chennai Metro and is slated to be commercialized on June 2028.

History

Orange Line In February 2021, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) invited bids for the construction of this Panagal Park metro station situated on the underground section stretching from Kodambakkam Flyover to Boat Club, which also forms a part of Corridor 4 under Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro network.

Apart from this metro station, this package included four other stations: Kodambakkam Flyover, Kodambakkam, Panagal Park, and Boat Club. A group of bidders participated in this package as well, including ITD Cementation India Ltd., Larsen & Toubro, Gulermak, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC), and a joint venture of J Kumar Infraprojects–Patel Infrastructure.

Upon evaluation, ITD Cementation India Ltd. submitted the most favorable bid in both technical and financial terms and was consequently awarded the contract. They commenced underground construction in accordance with the approved execution framework, marking another milestone in the progress of Corridor 4.

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/entranceMMezzanineFare control, station agent, ticket/token, shopsP1Platform 1SouthboundTowards → Chennai International Airport **Next station: SaidapetIsland platform | Doors will open on the right Platform 2Northbound Towards ← Wimco Nagar DepotNext station: TeynampetNote:** (further extension to in the future)P2Platform 3SouthboundTowards → LighthouseNext station: Boat ClubIsland platform | Doors will open on the right Platform 4NorthboundTowards ← Poonamallee Bypass **Next station: Panagal ParkNote:** (further extension to in the future)

Connections Bus Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1B, 12C, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 23C, 23V, 41D, 45B, 45E, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52K, 52P, 54, 54D, 54M, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88Ccut, 88K, 88R, 118A, 188, 221, 221H, A45B, A51, B18, D51, E18, M45E, M51R, and N45B serve the station from nearby Nandanam Military Quarters bus stand.

Entry/exit Nandanam metro station entry/exits Gate No-A1Gate No-A2Gate No-A3Gate No-A4

See also

Anna Salai List of Chennai metro stations Railway stations in Chennai Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System Chennai Monorail Chennai Suburban Railway Chennai International Airport Transport in Chennai Urban rail transit in India List of metro systems

References

External links

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