Light House railway station

Light House Kalankarai Vilakkam
Chennai MRTS station
Light House railway station building
General information
Coordinates	13°02′43″N80°16′37″E / 13.045167°N 80.276821°E / 13.045167; 80.276821
Owned by	Indian Railways
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Velachery ** Platform-2 → Chennai Beach ** (Further extension to St. Thomas Mount in the near future)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Chennai
History
Opened	19 October 1997
Services
Preceding station Chennai MRTS Following station Thiruvallikeni towards Chennai Beach Line 1 Mundagakanniamman Koil towards Velachery Line 1 (Future Service) Mundagakanniamman Koil towards St. Thomas Mount
Location

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

Light House track layout
Legend
to Thiruvallikeni P2 P1 to Mundagakanniamman Koil
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards → Chennai Beach Next Station: Thiruvallikeni
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards ← Velacherry Next Station: Mundagakanniamman Koil (to be further extended to St. Thomas Mount 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

• Chennai MRTS
• Chennai suburban railway
• Chennai Metro
• Transport in Chennai

References

1. R.Ramanathan. "Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai" (PDF). Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2. CMDA, Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
2. "Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service" (PDF). Southern Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.