Nanganallur Road is an elevated metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Alandur, Nanganallur and St. Thomas Mount, among others.
Nanganallur Road is an elevated metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Alandur, Nanganallur and St. Thomas Mount, among others.
The construction work of the station was awarded to URC Construction Company Private Limited, Erode. [1]
The station is located near Officers Training Academy where the stretch between the station and the Meenambakkam station dips below the ground for a brief distance to negotiate the air funnel area of the second runway of the airport. [1]
Nanganallur Road track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left  | |
| Platform 1 Southbound | Towards → Chennai International Airport Next Station: Meenambakkam (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future) | |
| Platform 2 Northbound | Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station: Arignar Anna Alandur Change at the next station for Green Line | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
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