Lighthouse Metro station is a Metro railway station under construction in Yellow Line of the Chennai Metro Phase-2. 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). It is expected to open in June 2028.
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.
Station layout (TBC) There will be two entrances for the Lighthouse metro station, one of which will be near the lighthouse.
GStreet levelExit/ EntranceMMezzanineFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shopsPPlatform 1NorthboundTowards → Train Terminates HereIsland platform | Doors will open on the right Platform 2SouthboundTowards ← **Next Station: Kutchery RoadPNote:** (Further extension to in the future)
Facilities It was originally estimated that by 2025, about 5,000 people would be using the Lighthouse metro station every day.
See also
Chennai Metro Light House railway station List of Chennai metro stations Railway stations in Chennai Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System Chennai Monorail Chennai Suburban Railway Transport in Chennai Urban rail transit in India List of metro systems
References
External links
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.