Chennai Metro
The Chennai Metro rail project accomplished one of its significant landmarks as it managed to complete work on the underground tunnel on the Shenoy Nagar-Thirumangalam stretch. The 2.797km long, was completed a couple of days ago while work is on for completing a second parallel tunnel for the project. The significance of the underground tunnel [...] Continue Reading »
Right in front of the Chennai Railway station, the metro railway has recently started to re-jig the city’s sky line. Poonamallee High Road is located just opposite the Central railway station and this is exactly where the Metro rail has started to acquire and clean land. In order to make more space for the railway [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Chennai metro rail project has completed its first tunnel (1.3 km) between two stations- Washermenpet and Mannadi. The tunneling work between this stretch was initiated on October 1, 2012 and got completed in five and a half months. As per the plan initiated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC), the phase I of [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – The underground tunnels of Chennai metro rail project will cross atleast 1,500 buildings in different locations covering a distance of 23 km. The tunnels would run beneath several commercial and residential areas on Washermanpet- Mannadi-High Court, May Day Park-Central, Shenoy Nagar-Pachaiyappa’s and Shenoy Nagar-Anna Nagar stretches. As per plan initiated by Delhi Metro [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – The Chennai metro rail project will be operated and maintained by Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) only. According to the Managing Director of Chennai metro, CMRL called for international competitive bids to outsource operation and maintenance work of Chennai metro project. But now they have dropped this idea and decided to do it [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – The construction of Chennai metro rail is slowly blocking the Ripon Buildings in the city. The metro authorities have not taken proper permission from government or Corporation Council in this regard. The Ripon Buildings is the seat of the Chennai corporation and is positioned near the Chennai central railway station. In 2010, State [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- As time passes by, Chennai metro rail project is soon to reach its official deadline. As per plan initiated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC), the Chennai metro rail phase I will be planned as two corridors. The First, starts from Washermenpet and ends at the Chennai International Airport covering a distance of [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai - By the end of 2013, commuters will have many options to travel from elevated metro station, St Thomas Mount to others parts of the city. This station will be the first metro line to be opened. St Thomas Mount station will link private and government bus terminus at Koyambedu with suburban rail network and Mass rapid [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- A skywalk will soon be constructed over Poonamallee High Road which will connect eight locations on either side of the arterial road. According to the present design this skywalk will cover a distance of 600 mts and will connect Chennai Central station, the Mooe Market complex, Pallavan Salai, Wall Tax Road, Government General Hospital, Evening Bazaar and [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The first set (four coaches) of the first metro train will be launched soon in 2013. According to the officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), the work has started in October 2012. The manufacturing is carried out by a factory named Alstom Transport, a French company at Sri City near Tada in Andhra Pradesh. [...] Continue Reading »
