Porur Junction metro station is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This metro station will be among the 30 elevated stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch.
This metro station is proposed to be inaugurated by the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on October 11 2026, as part of the Phase 1 of Yellow Line.
History
In 2020, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was awarded the contract for construction of stations from Porur Junction to Kodambakkam Powerhouse with the construction commencing from then. As MGR flyover passes close to this station, steel beams were placed above to connect to Poonamallee. The work on Porur station was almost completed in March 2025 along with the next set of stations from to . Trial runs are conducted since June 2025 and the line is set for opening by end of the year.
Station layout Station Layout
GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossoverL2Side platform | Doors will open on the left Platform 1EastboundTowards → *Next Station: Platform 2Westbound Towards ← **Next Station: Side platform | Doors will open on the left L2Note:Further extension to * and ** 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
References
External links
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.