AG – DMS metro station

13°02′41″N 80°14′53″E / 13.0446755°N 80.2479706°E / 13.0446755; 80.2479706Owned byChennai MetroOperated byChennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)Line(s)Blue LinePlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar DepotTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUnderground, Double trackParkingNoAccessibleYes Other informationStation codeSGMHistoryOpened25 May 2018; 5 years ago (2018-05-25)ElectrifiedSingle-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenaryServices

Preceding station	Chennai Metro			Following station
Thousand Lights towards Wimco Nagar Depot		Blue Line		Teynampet towards Chennai International Airport
		Blue Line (Future Service)		Teynampet 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

AG – DMS is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Teynampet and T. Nagar.

Etymology

The station is named as AG – DMS because of the presence of the Accountant General's (AG) Office and the office of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) in the vicinity.

The station

The station has a length of 380 meters. It is one of the two stations in Phase I of Chennai Metro, the other being the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central metro station, that measure a length of 380 meters or more.^[1] The station was opened for public on 25 May 2018.^[2]

Station layout

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 Teynampet (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot next station is Thousand Lights

Facilities

List of available ATM at AAG – DMS metro station are

Connections

Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1B, 11A, 11ACT, 11G, 11H, 13B, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 23C, 23V, 29N, 41C, 41D, 41F, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52K, 52P, 54, 54D, 54M, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88Ccut, 88K, 88R, 118A, 188, 221, 221H, A51, B18, B29NGS, D51, E18, M51R, serves the station from nearby DMS bus stand.^[3]

Entry/Exit

AG – DMS metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-A1	Gate No-A2	Gate No-A3	Gate No-A4
DMS

See also

References

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