New bus shelter at Saidapet being constructed by CMRL
Posted on: 01/Feb/2020 9:41:10 AM
One of the busy places in Chennai is Saidapet and people go to many places to southern parts of Chennai from this place. The news is CMRL or Chennai Metro Rail Limited is constructing a bus shelter in this Saidapet right in front of the metro station.
This new bus shelter is said to replace the part of the bus shelter that was demolished in the construction of metro rail in 2012. Not only that, this new bus shelter would be integrated with the metro station as a part of the multi modal integration project. The old bus shelter would also be retained and the new bus shelter would be ready by February end. This was later confirmed by an official belonging to CMRL.
To shift bus stops near the metro stations in places like Government Estate, LIC, Airport, Pachaiyappa College, Vadapalani, Ekkattuthangal, Meenambakkam and Guindy, CMRL has requested the corporation. The bus shelter in Saidapet is also a halt for the MTC buses heading towards to southern parts of Chennai and its suburbs.
From Saidapet bus stand, buses going to places like Guduvanchery, ECR, Mammalapuram, Thiruporur, Poonamallee, Kundrathur, Sunguvarchathram and Vellore stop or start is known.
In the late 1990s, a bus shelter was built in Saidapet and after nearly 20 long years a new bus shelter would be coming up here. Many residents belonging to Saidapet have appreciated this. For the sake of boarding an MTC bus, commuters have to walk about 100m from the metro station entrance now. This issue would not be there in the future.
It is now revealed by some officials that the modern bus shelter would have lights powered by 400 KW capacity solar panels. Saidapet metro station has 3 entry points on the side road leading to Guindy. There is one entry point on the other side for those who travel to suburbs. Other metro stations differ from this as they have 2 entry or exit points on either side of the road.
In the year 2012, when the construction started for Saidapet metro a part of the bus shelter and another one close to Maraimalai Adigal Bridge was demolished is known.
