Light House railway station
Light House is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It is located behind the 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.Photo: रोहित साव27, CC0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chennai Citi Centre and San Thome Basilica.
Chennai Citi Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Rammstein737, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chennai Citi Centre is a shopping mall in Mylapore, Chennai, India. It opened on 3 March 2006 and is located on Radhakrishnan Salai. According to Cushman and Wakefield, a global real estate consultancy firm, it is one of the most expensive shopping malls in Chennai. Chennai Citi Centre is situated 450 metres southwest of Light House railway station.
San Thome Basilica
Church
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the Santhome neighbourhood of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. San Thome Basilica is situated 1¼ km south of Light House railway station.
Vivekanandar Illam
Photo: SriniG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vivekanandar Illam, earlier known as Ice House or Castle Kernan, is a historical building in Chennai, India. It was constructed in 1842 by Frederic Tudor. Vivekanandar Illam is situated 570 metres northeast of Light House railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triplicane and Mylapore.
Triplicane
Suburb
Photo: Nsmohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thiruvallikeni known as Triplicane, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Chennai, India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George.
Mylapore
Suburb
Photo: BenoitL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mylapore, or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.
Santhome
Suburb
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Santhome, also written San Thome, is a locality in Mylapore in Chennai city in India. It was a Portuguese settlement in the 16th century.
Light House railway station
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Tamil Nadu
- Categories: elevated station, station, and transportation
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.04554° or 13° 2′ 44″ northLongitude
80.27699° or 80° 16′ 37″ eastOperator
SRNetwork
IROpen location code
7M5227WG+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 5311755232OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q6546029
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Light House railway station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “লাইট হাউস রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
- French: “Light House”
- Hindi: “लाईट हाउस रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Malayalam: “ലൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ് റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Santali: “ᱞᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱦᱟᱣᱩᱥ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Tamil: “கலங்கரை விளக்கம் தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Light House railway station and District Branch Library, Triplicane.
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