Chennai Metro

CHENNAI METRO

Welcome to the next post on MRT India. In this post, we are going to finish the metro systems of the 4 Provincial cities of India. In this post, we will discuss the evolution of Chennai Metro Rail. Without further ado, let's get right into it:

Chennai Metro Rail Limited Logo

History:

Chennai originally had a Suburban Railway that stretched from Villupuram to Vellore to Sullurpetta. The first plans to build a metro in the southern Metropolis arouse in the 2000's by the then Chief Minister, M. Karunanithi. The metro slowly became essential as more and more companies and residents moved over to the area. The metro was built along the main routes of the city where Suburban Rail did not exist.

Construction of the Metro strted in June 2009 and the first stretch of the line from Alandur to Koyambedu opened on 29th July 2015. The metro initially had very low ridership, but slowly had increased as the Phase -1 of the metro was completed on 10/02/2018. Nowadays, the metro faces a ridership of 1,22,100 as of November 2019. Ridership has not been recorded in 2020 due to the Corona Virus outbreak.

Phase-II:

Chennai metro Phase-II is set to alleviate most traffic problems aound Chennai as the lines would cover many areas outside the inner Chennai region. This phase consists of Three corridors in addition to the Kilambakkam to Wimco Nagar Blue Line and St. Thomas Mount to Central Green Line.

Dark Green line of Phase-II runs from Madhavaram Milk Colony to SIPCOT.

Blue Line runs from Foreshore estate to Poonamallee Bypass, running through Vadapalani

and Arcot Road.

Red line runs from Sholinganallur to Madhavaram Milk Colony, shring tracks with blue line from Alwarthiru Nagar to Porur Junction, as it will be going through less serviced areas of Medavakkam, Kilkattalai and Perumbakkam.

In addition, the government also wants to convert the MRTS from Velachery to Chennai Beach to a Metro.

All these constructions put together, the total length of Chennai Metro will be around 200km. 

This is the end of the post. Stay tuned for Nowadays' hot topic, how do Metrorails deal with Corona Virus.....Thank You.