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
Chennai Metro station
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 → SIPCOT 2 Platform 4 → Madhavaram Milk Colony
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	STL
History
Opened	10 February 2019; 6 years ago (2019-02-10)
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station 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 Madhavaram Milk Colony Purple Line (Future Service) Royapettah towards Siruseri sipcot 2
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottriyur 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 Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights Thousand Lights on Purple Line AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Nandanam on Yellow Line Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Green LineRed Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Pallavaram Kothandam Nagar Chromepet Mahalakshmi Colony Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Tambaram Irumbuliyur Peerkankaranai Perungalathur Vandalur Arignar Anna Zoological Park Kilambakkam Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location

History

Station layout

Thousand Lights track layout
Legend
to LIC P2 P1 to AG-DMS
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

Thousand Lights track layout
Legend
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: 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: LIC
P2	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards ← SIPCOT 2 Next Station: Royapettah Government Hospital
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards ← Madhavaram Milk Colony Next Station: Gemini

Thousand Lights metro station
General information
Status	Completed
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/

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]

Rail

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