Thousand Lights metro station

Thousand Lights
Chennai Metro station
Location	Thousand Lights East, Thousand Lights, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600006 India
Coordinates	13°03′29″N 80°15′26″E
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platforms Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport metro station Platform-2 → Washermanpet metro station
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Chennai Metro   Following station LIC toward Washermanpet Blue Line AG – DMS toward Chennai International Airport
Route map Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottiyur 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 Template:Rbox 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 Template:Rbox Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location
Thousand Lights metro station Location within Chennai

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.

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.

Thousand Lights metro station
ஆயிரம் விளக்கு மெட்ரோ
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Metro station
Location	Anna Salai
Town or city	Chennai
Country	India
Elevation	10.0m
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/

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.

Entry/Exit

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

See also

• Chennai
• Anna Salai
• List of Chennai metro stations
• Chennai Metro
• Railway stations in Chennai
• Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
• Chennai Monorail
• Chennai Suburban Railway
• Chennai International Airport
• Transport in Chennai
• Urban rail transit in India
• List of metro systems

External links

• chennaimetrorail.org
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Thousand Lights metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)