Tiruvottriyur Theradi metro station

History

Station layout

References

Route map
	Legend
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	West South Line
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	South Line & South West Line
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	South Line & South West Line
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	South Line

Thiruvottriyur Theradi
; Thiruvottriyur Theradi
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Thiruvottriyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates	13°09′36″N 80°17′59″E / 13.1598732°N 80.2998271°E
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platform; Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future); Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar Depot
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Accessible	Yes [citation needed]
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	STT
History
Opened	14 March 2022; 2 years ago
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	West South Line
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	South Line & South West Line
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	South Line & South West Line
	Chennai Suburban Railway
	South Line
Location
Location

Thiruvottriyur Theradi (formerly known as Gowri Ashram Metro Station)^[1] is an elevated metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Line 1 Extension of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station will serve the neighbourhoods of Thiruvottriyur and other northern suburbs of Chennai. This station was inaugurated along with Wimco Nagar Depot Metro Station on March 14, 2022.^[2]

The station was still under construction during the inaugurated of the northern extension of Blue line of Phase I on 14 February 2021, so the stretch opened with other stations.^[3]^[4] The station is expected to be completed by January 2022.^[5] During the Construction of this station metro trains skips this station. This station was inaugurated along with wimco nagar depot metro station on March 14, 2022^[2]

Thiruvottriyur Theradi track layout

Legend

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: Kaladipet (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot Next Station: Tiruvottriyur
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

to Tiruvottriyur

to Kaladipet

^ C, Shivakumar (24 October 2020). "Phase-1 Metro extension trial next month". Express News Service. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Chennai metro rail opens two stations in phase-1 extension". The Indian Express. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ Cuenca, Oliver (16 February 2021). "Chennai Metro inaugurates Blue Line extension". International Railway Journal. IRJ. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "CMRL likely to handle up to 3.5L daily commuters soon". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "Theradi Metro station may be opened in January". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.