Boat Club metro station

Boat Club is an upcoming underground metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Orange Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. This metro station is slated to be commercialized on December 2027.

Boat Club
Chennai Metro station
General information
Coordinates	13.02257°N 80.24882°E / 13.02257; 80.24882
Owned by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Operated by	Chennai Metro
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Lighthouse Platform-2 → Poonamallee Bypass
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Under Construction
History
Opening	December 2027 (December 2027) (TBC)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 35 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Nandanam towards Poonamallee Bypass Orange Line (Under Construction) Bharathidasan Road towards Lighthouse Nandanam towards Parandur Airport Orange Line (Future Service)
Route map Lighthouse Kutchery Road MRTS line Thirumayilai Purple Line Thirumayilai railway station Alwarpet Bharathidasan Road Boat Club Nandanam Blue Line Panagal Park Kodambakkam Kodambakkam railway station Power House Vadapalani Green Line Saligramam Saligramam Ware House Alwarthirunagar Red Line Valasaravakkam Red Line Karambakkam Red Line Alapakkam Red Line Porur Porur Bypass NH 32:Chennai Bypass Road Thelliyaragaram Iyyapanthangal Kattupakkam Kumananchavadi Karayanchavadi Mullaithottam Poonamallee Poonamallee Depot Chennai Outer Ring Road Poonamallee Bypass Nazarathpet Chembarambakkam Thirumazhisai Pappanchatiram Chettipedu Thandalam Irungattukottai Sipcot Chennai-Bangalore Expressway Pennalur Sriperumbudur Pattunool Chatram Irungulam Industrial Estate Mambakkam Sunguvarchatiram Santhavelur Pillaichatiram Neervalur Parandur
Location

History

In February 2021, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) invited bids for the construction of this Boat Club metro station situated on the underground section stretching from Kodambakkam Flyover to Boat Club, which also forms a part of Corridor 4 under Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro network.

Apart from this metro station, this package includes four other stations, namely Kodambakkam Flyover, Kodambakkam, Panagal Park and Nandanam. The group of bidders participated in this package as well, namely ITD Cementation India Ltd., Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Gulermak, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC), and a joint venture of J Kumar Infraprojects–Patel Infrastructure.

Upon evaluation, ITD Cementation India Ltd., submitted the most favorable bid in both technical and financial terms and was consequently awarded the contract. They commenced underground construction in accordance with the approved execution framework, marking another milestone in the progress of Corridor 4.

Station layout

Station Layout - To Be Confirmed

Boat Club track layout (TBC)
to Bharathidasan Road ** P# P# to Nandanam Blue Line **
Station with two tracks and one Island platform ** Under Construction

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
L2	Platform # Eastbound	Towards → Lighthouse Next Station: Bharathidasan Road
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform # Westbound	Towards ← Poonamallee Bypass ** Next Station: Nandanam Change at the next station for Blue Line
L2	Note:	** (Further extension to Parandur Airport in the future)

See also

• List of Chennai metro stations
• Railway stations in Chennai
• 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.