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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.

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2019)

Lighthouse Metro
Chennai Metro Station
General information
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
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double Track
History
Opened	Under construction
Electrified	Single phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary

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

References

External links

• Official website

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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