Metro trains in Chennai city have been attracting many people in the recent times and it is one important modes of transport for many these days. The superb piece of news is school children were allowed to travel in metro train for free in Chennai city and this grabbed many eyeballs.
Municipal High School in Alandur in Chennai must feel proud that its students have now allowed for free ride in the metro train. As many as 68 students belonging to this school were given free educational ride in the metro train in Chennai. It is said that by travelling in the metro train the students would know about the experience plus understand the features present in the metro trains. From Alandur to airport and then back to Alandur it was superb metro train experience for the students of this Chennai School. One important point is CMRL or Chennai Metropolitan Rail Transport has been undertaking educational trips for the school students every month on both the lines that is from Central to airport and AGDMS to airport. The main objective behind this was to create awareness among the students belonging to government and corporation schools on metro train network and its benefits for the city and commuters. During this free ride the students were explained about the various features present in the metro trains plus the students were also told about the different metro stations etc.
A release from CMRL stated that as many as 3090 students travelled in the metro trains in the month of October.