Thousand Lights metro station

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 / 13.0581433°N 80.2571455°E / 13.0581433; 80.2571455
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; 5 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 Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights Purple Line AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Orange Line Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Green LineRed Line Green 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

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]