Metro Rail administrative office and control room ready for inauguration
Posted on: 08/Jan/2014 3:08:51 PM
The construction work of Metro Rail administrative office and control room has come to an end. Now the construction work is in its final stages. A massive building has been constructed in Koyambedu to house the Metro Rail administrative office. This building is on par with international metro rail buildings. Chennai Metro Rail, built at a cost of Rs. 14,600 crore, will run across a 45-km stretch criss-crossing the city; half of this network will be on an elevated platform and the other half underground.It will have two corridors – one linking Washermanpet to Airport and the other, Chennai Central to St. Thomas Mount.
The trains will be controlled from the Control Room at Koyambedu. Now the office is completed in all aspects. The painting and other minor jobs are being done. It is understood that this office will be inaugurated in the first week of February.
The driver of the metro rail will only monitor the tracks and the passengers. Rest of the work is automated. Similarly the passengers can voice their complaints by using the phones installed inside the trains.
