Ekkattuthangal Metro | |
| Style: | Chennai Metro |
| Address: | Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Labour Colony, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai Tamil Nadu 600032 |
| Coordinates: | 13.0171°N 80.2053°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: | SSI |
| Owned: | Chennai Metro |
| Operator: | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Ekkattuthangal 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 Ekkattuthangal, West Mambalam, Guindy Industrial Estate and West Saidapet.
The station is being constructed as an elevated station on the arterial Inner Ring Road. The station will have ground, concourse and platform levels.
| 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 2 Northbound | Towards → Chennai Central Next Station: Ashok Nagar | ||||
| Platform 1 Southbound | Towards ← St. Thomas Mount Next Station: Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for | ||||
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||||
| L2 | |||||
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 10E, 18F, 18M, 70/70A, 70C, 70D, 70G, 70K, 70S, 70T, 70V, 70W, 77J, 111, 113, 114, 154E, 170, 170A, 170B, 170C, 170CET, 170G, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170P, 170S, 170T, 270J, 500C, 554B, 568C, 568T, 570, 570AC, 570S, A70, B70, D70, D70CUT, D70NS, D170, F70, G70, L18, L51, L70, M70, M70CNS, M70D, M70F, M70NS, M70S, M170T, M270, T70 serves the station from nearby Ekkattuthangal bus stand.[1]
Ekkattuthangal station is one of the five stations in the first phase of the Chennai Metro project identified to be converted into commercial hubs, the others being CMBT, Alandur, Arumbakkam, and Ashok Nagar. A 106,000 sq ft building with nine floors has been planned at the station, opposite Hilton Chennai hotel.[2]