Kutchery Road is an upcoming underground metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow 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 metro station is slated to be commercialized on June 2028.
History In February 2021, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) initiated the bidding process for the construction of this Kutchery Road metro station, which falls within the underground stretch from Light House to Bharathidasan Road, forming part of Corridor 4 under Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro project.
Apart from this metro station, this package includes three other stations, namely Light House, Alwarpet, and Bharathidasan Road. The tender attracted competitive bids from major infrastructure firms including ITD Cementation India Ltd., Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Gulermak, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC), and a joint venture of J Kumar Infraprojects–Patel Infrastructure.
After careful technical and financial assessment, ITD Cementation India Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder and was awarded the contract. The company commenced civil construction activities, including site clearance and preparatory excavation, aligned with the project’s underground engineering specifications.
Station layout Station Layout - To Be Confirmed
GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shopsL2Platform 1EastboundTowards → Island platform | Doors will open on the right Platform 2WestboundTowards ← **Next Station: Change at the next station for L2Note:** (Further extension to in the future)
See also List of Chennai metro stations Railway stations in Chennai Transport in Chennai Urban rail transit in India List of metro systems
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UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.