Thousand Lights

Thousand Lights Metro Station is an underground station on the Blue Line (Corridor 1) of Chennai Metro. It opened on 2019-02-10.

Thousand Lights Metro Station — Line and Route

The Blue Line runs between Wimco Nagar Depot and Chennai International Airport. From Thousand Lights, the previous station is LIC and the next station is AG-DMS. On this line, trains run from about 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM (Sundays from about 5:00 AM), every 6 minutes in peak hours and 7 minutes off-peak. Live next-train times for both platforms are shown above on this page.

Thousand Lights Metro Station Entry and Exit Gates

The station has 5 entry and exit points: Gate A — towards Bus Stop; Gate A — towards Express Avenue; Gate A — towards Prestige Zackria Metropolitan; Gate B — towards Apollo Hospital.

Facilities at Thousand Lights Metro Station

Facilities listed by CMRL include At Station Control Room, CCTV Survilance, Customer Care Office, Differently Abled Parking, Differently abled Ticket Counter, Drinking Water, EV Charging Points, Emergency Exit. The station has 3 lifts and 5 escalators.

At this station two-wheeler parking is available and no car parking (per CMRL’s parking list effective 11 October 2026).

Station data from CMRL official sources (station pages, timetable dated 23.10.2026, fare and parking tables updated October 2026).