Thousand Lights metro station

Thousand Lights metro station is a metro railway station on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro. The station is among the underground stations along corridor I of the Chennai Metro, Washermanpet–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Royapettah, Greams Road, and Gopalapuram.


Thousand Lights
Chennai Metro station
LocationThousand Lights East, Thousand Lights, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600006
India
Coordinates13°03′29″N 80°15′26″E
Owned byChennai Metro
Operated byChennai Metro Rail Limited
Line(s)
  Blue Line
PlatformsIsland platforms Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport metro station
Platform-2 → Washermanpet metro station
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double track
ParkingNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
ElectrifiedSingle phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station
toward Washermanpet
Blue Line
Location
Thousand Lights metro station
Location within Chennai

History

Etymology

The station is named so because of the presence of the Thousand Lights Mosque in the vicinity.

The station

The station was opened for public on 10 February 2019. However, some portions of the construction work remains incomplete on the date of inauguration.[1]

Thousand Lights metro station
ஆயிரம் விளக்கு மெட்ரோ
General information
StatusComplete
TypeMetro station
LocationAnna Salai
Town or cityChennai
CountryIndia
Elevation10.0m
Completed2019 (2019)
Opened10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Inaugurated10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Design and construction
Main contractorL&T-SUCG JV
Website
http://chennaimetrorail.org/

Station layout
G Street level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P Southbound Platform 1 → Toward Chennai International Airport metro station
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound Platform 2 Toward ← Washermanpet metro station

Facilities

List of available ATM at Thousand Lights metro station are

Connections

Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) bus routes number 1A, 1B, 3A, 5C, 11, 11A, 11ACT, 11G, 11H, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 23C, 23V, 24A, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27D, 27DGS, 27L, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52K, 52P, 54, 54D, 54M, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 88Ccut, 88K, 88R, 118A, 188, 221, 221H, A51, B18, D51, E18, M51R, T29, serves the station from nearby Anand Theatre bus stand.[2]

Entry/Exit
Thousand Lights metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-A1 Gate No-A2 Gate No-A3 Gate No-A4

See also

References
  1. Sekar, Sunitha (21 January 2019). "Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. http://www.mtcbus.org/
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