Government Estate is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of theBlue Line ofChennai Metro inChennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods ofChepauk,Triplicane andChintadripet. The station is named so because of the presence of theOmandurar Government Estate in the vicinity. This metro station is very much useful for visitors toRitchie 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.[1]
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Government Estate track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 toKilambakkam in the future) |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 Northbound | Towards ←Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station:M.G.R. Chennai CentralChange at the next station forGreen Line | |
List of availableATM at Government Estate metro station are
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.[2]
| Government Estate metro station Entry/exits | ||||
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| Gate No-A1 | Gate No-A2 | Gate No-A3 | Gate No-A4 | |