High Court metro station

High Court
Chennai Metro station
General information
Location	Esplanade Rd, Parrys, George Town, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600104 India
Coordinates	13°05′14″N 80°17′06″E / 13.0873489°N 80.2850209°E / 13.0873489; 80.2850209
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	SHC
History
Opened	10 February 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-10)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station Mannadi towards Wimco Nagar Depot Blue Line Chennai Central towards Chennai International Airport Blue Line (Future Service) Chennai Central towards Kilambakkam
Route map Legend 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 AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Green Line Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location

High Court is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. The station serves the neighbourhoods of George Town, chiefly Parry's Corner. This station is named so because of the presence of the Madras High Court in the vicinity. This station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.^[1]

History

Station layout

High Court track layout
Legend
to Mannadi P2 P1 to M.G.R Chennai Central Green Line
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 is M.G.R. Chennai Central Change at the next station for Green Line (to be further extended to Kilambakkam under Blue Line in the future)
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot next station is Mannadi

High Court metro station
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Metro station
Location	Esplanade Rd
Town or city	Chennai
Country	India
Completed	2019 (2019)
Opened	10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Inaugurated	10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Design and construction
Main contractor	L&T-SUCG JV
Website
http://chennaimetrorail.org/

Facilities

List of available ATM at High Court metro station are

Connections

Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 11, 11G, 15C, 15D, 15FCT, 15G, 17E, 17K, 20A, 20C, 20M, 20N, 21, 6EXTN, 42D, 50, 64B, 64C, 71C, 71D, 71E, 71H, 109, 120, 120A, 120GS, 120NS, B18, M15LCT serves the station from nearby Broadway bus stand.^[2]

Rail

Chennai Fort railway station

Share Transport

High Court Metro is connected by share autos covering locations like Mannadi metro station, Monegar Choultry (MC Road), Chennai Beach railway station

Entry/Exit

See also

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai.

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

This page was last edited on 2 April 2024, at 06:17