C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Alandur Metro rail station is the only station where the
two corridors of metro rail intersect and passengers from the two corridors can
swap the direction of travel at this station, according to Metro Rail sources.
Metro rail sources said that Alandur will be a
multi-level station wherein two corridors merge and it is the only interchange
station in the Chennai Metro Rail elevated stations. The station will have four
access points on the ground floor, which includes two for entry or exit from
the front and two more on the rear. Past the access points, there are ticket
counters, one at either side of the lobby.
Crossing the lobby, passengers can move on to level-1
using any of the eight escalators and four lifts. Level-1 is the alighting
point for those bound from Guindy-OTA- Airport. From this level there are four
escalators and lifts leading to level-2, from where passengers bound for
Koyambedu-SIDCO-St.Thomas Mount can embark.
Appropriate signages will also be provided in both levels
to avoid passengers’ confusion during change in travel direction. “Sufficient circulation
space will be provided for passengers to make interchanges between corridors.
Between the ground floor and level-1, there is an intermediate level which will
be used by the personnel for maintenance works in the station,” sources added.
Sources said physically challenged passengers will have
exclusive facilities such as separate entry ramps, toilets and lift openings
have also been designed for easy accommodating. Around the station, space has
been provided for parking vehicles. “It is planned in such a way that all the
station activities will happen within a single building. The station will be a
massive structure with an elegant elevation and shall become a new landmark in
the locality,” the sources added.
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