Ashok Nagar metro station should not be confused with New Ashok Nagar metro station.
Ashok Nagar | |
| Style: | Chennai Metro |
| Address: | Sector 10, Ashok Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600083 |
| Coordinates: | 13.0355°N 80.2113°W |
| Structure: | Elevated, Double track |
| Platform: | Side platform Platform-1 → St. Thomas Mount Platform-2 → M.G.R Chennai Central |
| Levels: | 2 |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Electrified: | Single-phase overhead catenary |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Code: | SAN |
| Owned: | Chennai Metro |
| Operator: | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Ashok Nagar is an elevated metro station on the South-East Corridor of the Green Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of Ashok Nagar and Mambalam.
The station was constructed by Consolidated Constructed Consortium (CCCL). The consolidated cost of the station along with the stations of Koyambedu, Arumbakkam, CMBT, and Vadapalani was 1,395.4 million.[1]
Upon completion, Ashok Nagar Metro Rail station will be the highest elevated station in the entire Chennai Metro Rail system. Initially planned to have a ground floor, a concourse floor and a platform floor, four additional floors have been planned to the original plan to make it a six-storey structure, chiefly to generate revenue by letting out the floors to offices and commercial establishments. After completion, the station will have a height of more than 40 metres, which will be higher than the Alandur metro rail elevated station where the two corridors of Phase I of the Chennai Metro Rail (viz. Washermenpet-Airport and Central-St Thomas Mount lines) converge.[2]
Unlike other stations of the system which are located in the middle of busy main roads, the station is located a little away from 100-Feet Road in the middle of a residential area.[2]
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance | |||
| valign=top | L1 | valign=top | Mezzanine | valign=top | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |||
| Platform Northbound | Towards → Chennai Central Next Station: Vadapalani | ||||
| Platform 1 Southbound | Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: Ekkattuthangal | ||||
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||||
| L2 | |||||
Along with Koyambedu and Vadapalani Metro stations, Ashok Nagar Metro station will be developed by leasing out space either for shops or office spaces. As part of fire safety measures, underground water tanks of 50,000 to 100,000 litre capacity will be set up at the station.[3]
The station has a skywalk that connects Udayam Theatre with the Metro station.[4] [5]
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 5E, 5T, 11G, 11H, 12G, 18F, 18M, 49A, 77J, 111, 113, 114, 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170CET, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170P, 170S, 270J, 500C, 568C, 568T, 570, 570AC, 570S, A70, B70, D70, D70CUT, D70NS, D170, F70, M70, M70CNS, M70D, M70NS, M70S, M170T, M270, S20, S26, S86 serves the station from nearby Udhayam Theatre (Ashok Pillar) bus stand.[6]