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Thousand Lights is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of
Chennai Metro The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, India. Operated by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) – a joint venture between the Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu, the network consists o ...
in
Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of
Royapettah Royapettah is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. Location Royapettah is located at the central part of the city of Chennai, with an elevation of 9 m (29 ft.) above mean sea level. The neighbourhood comes under Teynampet Zone (numbe ...
, Greams Road, and Gopalapuram. The station is named so because of the presence of the
Thousand Lights Mosque The Thousand Lights Mosque () is a Shi'ite mosque in Anna Salai in Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest mosques in the country and is a revered place of worship and '' azadari'' for Shia Muslims. History The mos ...
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.


History


Station layout


Facilities

List of available ATM at Thousand Lights metro station are


Connections


Bus

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd. (MTC), is the agency that operates the public transport, public bus service in Chennai, India. It is a subsidiary of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corp ...
bus routes number 1A, 1B, 3A, 5C, 11, 11A, 11ACT, 11G, 11H, 18A, 18D, 18E, 18K, 18R, 21, 23C, 23V, 24A, 26, 26B, 26CUT, 26J, 26M, 26R, 27D, 27DGS, 27L, 51J, 51P, 52, 52B, 52K, 52P, 54, 54D, 54M, 60, 60A, 60D, 60H, 88A, 88Ccut, 88K, 88R, 118A, 188, 221, 221H, A51, B18, D51, E18, M51R, T29, serves the station from nearby Anand Theatre bus stand.


Rail


Entry/Exit


See also

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Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
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Anna Salai Anna Salai (), named for C. N. Annadurai, formerly known as St. Thomas Mount Road or simply Mount Road, is an arterial road in Chennai, India. It starts at the Cooum Creek, south of Fort St George, leading in a south-westerly direction towa ...
* List of Chennai metro stations *
Chennai Metro The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, India. Operated by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) – a joint venture between the Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu, the network consists o ...
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Railway stations in Chennai Chennai, the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and the headquarters of the Southern Railway zone, is a major rail transport hub in the country. It has over 40 railway stations which are part of an extensive suburban railway net ...
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Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System The Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, commonly referred to as Chennai MRTS, is a metropolitan rail transit system in Chennai, India. It is operated by Southern Railway of the state-owned Indian Railways. Opened in 1995, it was the first elev ...
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Chennai Monorail Chennai Monorail was a proposal for a number of lines as part of mass transit system for the Indian city of Chennai. Originally the city planned to use monorail on all lines but many were subsequently changed to railways as part of the Chenna ...
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Chennai Suburban Railway The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is India's second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the ...
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Chennai International Airport Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, in the Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area around southwest of the c ...
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Transport in Chennai Transport in Chennai includes various modes of air, sea, road and rail transportation in the city and its suburbs. Chennai's economic development has been closely tied to its port and transport infrastructure, and it is considered one of the best ...
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Urban rail transit in India Urban rail transit in India plays an important role in intracity transportation in the major cities which are highly populated. It consists of rapid transit, Regional Rapid Transit System, suburban rail, monorail, and tram systems. Accordin ...
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List of metro systems This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes, mass rapid transit (MRT), metrô or U-Bahn. 204 cities in 65 cou ...


References


External links

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''UrbanRail.Net''
– descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. * {{Transport in Chennai Railway stations in India opened in 2019 Chennai Metro stations Railway stations in Chennai