Light House railway station explained

Light House
Native Name:
Kalankarai Vilakkam
Type: Chennai MRTS station
Style:Indian Railways
Coordinates:13.0452°N 80.2768°W
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. FF9900
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Structure:Elevated
Platform:Side platform
Platform-1 → **
Platform-2 →
** (Further extenstion to in the near future)
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Opened:19 October 1997
Owned:Indian Railways
Zone:Chennai
Mapframe:yes

Light House is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It is located behind the Queen Mary's college, between Avvai Shanmugam Salai in Triplicane and Radha Krishnan Salai at Mylapore. It is the MRTS station for the famous Chennai Lighthouse.

History

Light House station was opened on 19 October 1997, as part of the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network.

Structure

The station is elevated and built on the eastern banks of the Buckingham Canal. The Station building consists of 1010 sq.m of parking area in its basement, which is largely unused.[1]

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
valign=topL1valign=topMezzaninevalign=topFare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2Side platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards → next station is
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards ← Velacherry next station is
(to be further extended to railway station in the near future)
Side platform Doors will open on the left
L2

Service and connections

Light House station is the seventh station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the eleventh station towards Chennai Beach station.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: R.Ramanathan. Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai. Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. 19 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service. Southern Railways. 18 Aug 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906183556/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf. 6 September 2012. dmy-all.