Government Estate metro station

Government Estate
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Anna Salai, Mount Road, Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005 India
Coordinates	13°04′10″N 80°16′20″E
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future) Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar Depot
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double Track
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SGE
History
Opened	10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Chennai Central towards Wimco Nagar Depot Blue Line LIC towards Chennai International Airport Blue Line (Future Service) LIC towards Kilambakkam
Route map Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottriyur Thiruvottriyur Theradi Kaladipet Toll Gate New Washermanpet Tondiarpet Sir Theagaraya College Washermanpet Mannadi High Court Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line M.G.R Central Green Line Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights Purple Line AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Orange Line Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Green LineRed Line Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Pallavaram Kothandam Nagar Chromepet Mahalakshmi Colony Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Tambaram Irumbuliyur Peerkankaranai Perungalathur Vandalur Arignar Anna Zoological Park Kilambakkam Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location

Government Estate 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 Chepauk, Triplicane and Chintadripet. The station is named so because of the presence of the Omandurar Government Estate in the vicinity. This metro station is very much useful for visitors to Ritchie Street and Ellis Road which are two very big commercial streets in Chennai city. The station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.

Station layout

Government Estate track layout
to M.G.R Chennai Central Green Line P2 P1 to LIC
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Chennai International Airport Next Station: LIC (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station: M.G.R. Chennai Central Change at the next station for Green Line

Facilities

List of available ATM at Government Estate metro station are

Connections

Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1J, 2A, 3A, 5C, 6A, 11A, 11G, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 22B, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27B, 27BCUT, 27BET, 27E, 32, 38C, 40, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52P, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 118A, 138C, 188, 221, 221H, A1, A51, B18, D51, E18, M21C, M51R, serves the station from nearby Simson bus stand.

Rail

Chintadripet railway station

Entry/Exit

Government Estate metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-A1	Gate No-A2	Gate No-A3	Gate No-A4

See also

• Chennai
• Chintadripet
• Cooum River
• List of Chennai metro stations
• Chennai Metro
• Railway stations in Chennai
• Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
• Chennai Monorail
• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Chintadripet railway station
• Chennai International Airport
• Transport in Chennai
• Urban rail transit in India
• List of metro systems

External links

• Official website
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Government Estate metro station" (Map). Google Maps.