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, Wimco Nagar–Chennai International Airport stretch. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Royapettah, Greams Road, and Gopalapuram.
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 Entrance B1 of this metro station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 (CMRL) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line Purple Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground, Double track | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | |||||||||||||||||||
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  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 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Metro station |
| Location | Anna Salai |
| Town or city | Chennai |
| Country | India |
| Elevation | 10.0m |
| Completed | 2019 |
| Opened | 10 February 2019 |
| Inaugurated | 10 February 2019 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Platform 4 Northbound |
Towards ← Madhavaram Milk Colony next station is Gemini | |
Thousand Lights track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thousand Lights track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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| Gate No-A1 | Gate No-A2 | Gate No-A3 | Gate No-A4 | |
See also
References
- Sekar, Sunitha (21 January 2019). "Work on LIC, Thousand Lights Metro stations still on". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- "Home". mtcbus.org.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai.
- Official website
- 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.
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