Thousand Lights metro station

Thousand Lights 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 Royapettah, Greams Road, and Gopalapuram. The station is named so because of the presence of the Thousand Lights Mosque in the vicinity. 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
Logo of Chennai Metro Chennai Metro station
Entrance B1 of this metro station
General information
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 (CMRL)
Line(s)Blue Line Purple Line
PlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar Depot
Platform-3 → Kilambakkam
Platform 4 → Madhavaram Milk Colony
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double track
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes Disabled access
History
Opened10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
ElectrifiedSingle phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Logo of Chennai Metro Chennai Metro Following station
LIC
towards Wimco Nagar Depot
 Blue Line AG – DMS
towards Chennai International Airport
Blue Line
(Future Service)
 AG – DMS
towards Kilambakkam
Anna flyover Gemini
towards
Purple Line
(Future Service)
 Royapettah
towards
Location

History

Station layout
Thousand Lights track layout
to LIC
P2
P1
to AG-DMS
Station with two tracks and one Island platform
Thousand Lights track layout
to Royapettah Government Hospital
P#
P#
to Gemini
Station with two tracks and one Island platform
G Street level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P1 Platform 1
Southbound		 Towards → Chennai International Airport next station is AG-DMS (to be further extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Disabled access
Platform 2
Northbound		 Towards ← Wimco Nagar Depot next station is LIC
P2 Platform 3
Southbound		 Towards ← Kilambakkam next station is Royapettah Government Hospital
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Disabled access
Platform 4
Northbound		 Towards ← Madhavaram Milk Colony next station is Gemini


Thousand Lights metro station
General information
StatusCompleted
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/

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. "Home". mtcbus.org.
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