CMRL Project in Koyambedu is all most completed
Posted on: 19/Dec/2012 6:01:00 PM
The well known and well versed CMRL made its works fast and furnished in koyambedu whereas the employees have worked keen and hard to the Metro Rail projects. Part of the elevated stretch of corridor II, which runs from Chennai Central to St. Thomas Mount, the CMBT station is located close to the Chennai Mofussal Bus Terminus, where bus services from Chennai to other towns and cities culminate.
A Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) official said that according to CMRL sources, the physical construction of the structures is complete at both these stations. Work on the interiors is apace at CMBT, with Koyambedu following suit, officials said. The Ashok Nagar station, also along the same line, stands third in terms of completion of construction of the station. The 11-km stretch, said to be operational by the first quarter of 2014, covers eight stations from St. Thomas Mount to Koyambedu, where Metro Rail’s depot is coming up at a cost of Rs. 198.10 crore. Construction of the elevated stretch is being executed by Consolidated Construction in with the single motivational goal.
CMBT and Koyambedu are two stations off the main road, and their construction, according to the consultants engaged in the project, is straightforward compared to that of other stations on the stretch which are by the road, largely on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai. The sources added that the . A further 5 meters up, the Metro Rail tracks will run. The area up to the concourse level is a non-paid area, but a passenger intending to proceed to the next level needs a ticket to pass through the security-clearance zone and take either the staircase, the escalator or the elevator to the next floor.
