Chennai Metro Rail Station in Chennai Central will have Multiple points of access
Posted on: 14/Dec/2013 2:01:24 PM
Chennai Metro Rail Station in Chennai Central will have six entry/exit points for access to Southern Railway, suburban and MRTS stations, Ripon Buildings and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. A CMRL official said, “We will create footpaths for the convenience of pedestrians who may want to switch from one mode of transport to another.”
There will be adequate parking, over three layers, for about 500 cars and 1,000 two-wheelers.
Chennai Metro Rail, being built at a cost of Rs. 14,600 crore, will have two corridors — one, connecting Washermenpet to the airport via Chennai Central and the other from Chennai Central to St. Thomas Mount. Chennai Central Metro station will be the hub that will connect both these corridors.
In a joint venture, Afcons and Transtonnelstroy bagged the contract worth Rs. 1,566 crore from CMRL to construct Chennai Central Metro along with eight other stations.
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