Lighthouse metro station explained


Lighthouse Metro
Style:Chennai Metro
Address:Kamarajar Salai, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Structure:Underground, Double Track
Platform:Island platforms
Platform-1 → Lighthouse metro station
Platform-2 → Poonamallee Bypass metro station
Opened:Under construction
Electrified:Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Owned:Chennai Metro
Operator:Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

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.

History

Construction of the station began in 2021. The construction is being funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB).[1] It is expected to open in 2027.[2]

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.[3]

Station layout

There will be two entrances for the Lighthouse metro station, one of which will be near the lighthouse.[3]

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
L1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
L2Side platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards → Poonamalle Bypass next station is Foreshore Estate Road
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards ← Lighthouse Terminus
Side platform Doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

It was originally estimated that by 2025, about 5,000 people would be using the Lighthouse metro station every day.[3]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kodambakkam to Poonamalee Chennai Metro stretch to be operational by June 2024 . The New Indian Express . Chennai . Express Publications . 13 August 2021 . 30 December 2021.
  2. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2024-02-03 . Metro Rail’s Light House to Poonamallee corridor likely to be opened by end of 2027 . 2024-07-16 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  3. News: Sekar . Sunitha . Soon, Marina on the Metro map . The Hindu . Chennai . Kasturi & Sons . 26 April 2019 . 2 May 2019.