Lighthouse metro station

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Lighthouse Metro
; 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)
Line(s)	Orange Line
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
Services

Last updated February 08, 2025

Lighthouse Metro station is a Metro railway station under construction in phase II of the Chennai Metro, serving the city of the same name, India. 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.

Construction of the station began in 2021. The construction is being funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB).^[1] It is expected to open in 2026.^[2]

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]

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

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
L2	Side 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

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

Lighthouse track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and one Island platform

↑ "Kodambakkam to Poonamalee Chennai Metro stretch to be operational by June 2024". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
↑ Bureau, The Hindu (3 February 2024). "Metro Rail's Light House to Poonamallee corridor likely to be opened by end of 2027". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 16 July 2024.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
1 2 3 Sekar, Sunitha (26 April 2019). "Soon, Marina on the Metro map". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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[IE_ByJune2024-1] "Kodambakkam to Poonamalee Chennai Metro stretch to be operational by June 2024". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[2] Bureau, The Hindu (3 February 2024). "Metro Rail's Light House to Poonamallee corridor likely to be opened by end of 2027". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 16 July 2024.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[Hindu_MarinaOnMetroMap-3] 1 2 3 Sekar, Sunitha (26 April 2019). "Soon, Marina on the Metro map". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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