Lighthouse metro station
Lighthouse Metro | |||||||||||
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Chennai Metro Station | |||||||||||
Location | Kamarajar Salai, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
Owned by | Chennai Metro | ||||||||||
Operated by | Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) | ||||||||||
Platforms | Island platforms
Platform-1 → Lighthouse metro station Platform-2 → Poonamallee Bypass metro station | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground, Double Track | ||||||||||
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Opened | Under construction | ||||||||||
Electrified | Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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Lighthouse Metro station is a Metro railway station under construction in phase II of the Chennai Metro. The station is one among the 30 stations along Line 4 of the Chennai Metro and one of the 12 underground stations in that corridor. It is the terminal station for the stretch between Lighthouse and Poonamallee Bypass. The station will serve the neighbourhoods of Triplicane, Mylapore, and Santhome.
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History[]
Construction of the station began in 2021. The construction is being funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB).[1]
Construction[]
The station[]
Lighthouse is an underground metro station situated on Line 4. It will be built at a depth of about 18 to 20 metres below the ground. It will be built at the Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai and Kamarajar Salai junction, beneath the Gandhi statue on the Marina beach.[2]
Station layout[]
There will be two entrances for the Lighthouse metro station, one of which will be near the lighthouse.[2]
Facilities[]
It has been estimated that by 2025, about 5,000 people would be using the Lighthouse metro station every day.[2]
See also[]
- Chennai Metro
- Light House railway station
- List of Chennai metro stations
- Railway stations in Chennai
- Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System
- Chennai Monorail
- Chennai Suburban Railway
- Transport in Chennai
- Urban rail transit in India
- List of metro systems
References[]
- ^ "Kodambakkam to Poonamalee Chennai Metro stretch to be operational by June 2024". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Sekar, Sunitha (26 April 2019). "Soon, Marina on the Metro map". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chennai Metro. |
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chennai. |
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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