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{{Short description|Railway station in Chennai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Light House
| symbol             = suburban
| symbol_location    = chennai
| native_name        = Kalankarai Vilakkam
| system             = [[Chennai MRTS]]
| style              = Indian Railways
| image              = Light House railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu 11.jpg
| image_caption      = Light House railway station building
| coordinates        = {{coord|13.045167|80.276821|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline}}
| mapframe-marker    = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #FF9900
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
| line               = 
| other              = 
| structure          = Elevated
| platform           = [[Side platform]]<br/>
Platform-1 → {{stl|Chennai MRTS|St. Thomas Mount}}<br />Platform-2 → {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chennai Beach}}
| depth              = 
| levels             = 
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = Yes
| bicycle            = 
| baggage_check      = 
| opened             = {{Start date and age|df=y|1997|10|19}}
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 
| accessible                = 
| code               = MLHS
| owned              = Indian Railways
| zone               = Chennai
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| former             = 
| passengers         = 
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| pass_system        = 
| mpassengers        = 
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chennai MRTS|line=1|left1=Thiruvallikeni|to-left1=Chennai Beach|right1=Mundagakanniamman Koil|to-right1=St. Thomas Mount}}
| mapframe           = yes
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}}
'''Light House''' is a railway station on the [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System|Chennai MRTS]]. It is located behind the [[Queen Mary's College, Chennai|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.<ref name="cmda session">{{cite web|last=R.Ramanathan|title=Presentation on MRTS & Rail facilities in and around Chennai|url=http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/SMPS/SMPS_Session2.pdf|work=Traffic Transportation and Parking – Session 2|publisher=CMDA, Chennai|accessdate=19 August 2012|archive-date=2 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702062005/http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/SMPS/SMPS_Session2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Station layout===
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Light House track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Chennai MRTS|Line 1}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Thiruvallikeni}}
*'''P2'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P1'''
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Mundagakanniamman Koil}}
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:21em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}}}
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, Station ticket counters and Automatic ticket vending machines
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai MRTS|Line 1}}>'''Platform 2'''<br/>'''Northbound'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Chennai Beach}}<br><small>'''Next Station:''' {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Thiruvallikeni}}</small>
|-
|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Chennai MRTS|Line 1}}>'''Platform 1'''<br/>'''Southbound'''</span> 
|Towards ← [[St. Thomas Mount railway station|St. Thomas Mount]]<br><small>'''Next Station:''' {{stl|Chennai MRTS|Mundagakanniamman Koil}}</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|<small>[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

==Service and connections==
Light House station is the seventh station on the MRTS line to St. Thomas Mount. In the return direction from St. Thomas Mount, it is currently the fourteenth station towards [[Chennai Beach station]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chennai Beach – Velachery – Chennai Beach Week days service|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf|work=Southern Railways|accessdate=18 Aug 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906183556/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1345106736152-MRTS%20WEEK.pdf|archivedate=6 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chennai MRTS]]
* [[Chennai suburban railway]]
* [[Chennai Metro]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai MRTS}}
{{Chennai topics|left}}
{{Urban transit in Chennai}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1997]]
[[Category:Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]


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