Chennai Metro Rail Project will have 42 coaches. It was planned that 9 coaches will be manufactured by the company, Alstom, in Brazil, and shipped to Chennai.
The test run between Koyambedu & Ashok Nagar has been completed. Now, the test run between Koyambedu & Alandur is scheduled to be completed before the end of June.
In a memorandum submitted to PM Modi, Ms Jayalalithaa said the extension of corridor-I of Metro Rail Project up to Tiruvottiyur and Wimco Nagar covering a distance of 9.051 km .
TamilNadu government hits upon hard to precede the monorail project. The contractors are shrink back, for the reason that the huge investments lacking instant returns.
Most of the land opposite to the Chennai Central railway station has been obtained by the metro mail, so as to furnish the underground metro station over this area.
Owing to the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) work, close to the Chennai Central Station, both parking and movement passage all around the Central has become terrific for commuters.
