20% Concession offered by Metro Rail
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With the ongoing festive season, the Chennai Metro Rail has offered a concession of 20% in the fares for travelling in the Metro.
In Chennai, metro rail commuters will soon be able to walk to any station and board in train without wanting to swipe their smart card or wait in queue in the ticket counters for buying tokens.
A section of the underground tunnelling work for the Chennai Metro Rail Project in Anna Salai in the stretch between Little Mount and AG-DMS (Teynampet) for a distance of 4 km has been completed.
The Chief Minister E, Palanisamy announced in the Legislative Assembly that the 4th corridor of the Chennai Metro Rail Project would be extended up to Poonamallee.
It is learnt that there will be no toll charges if the waiting exceeds 3 minutes. Whenever travelling and crossing from one district to another or from one state to another by road, one needs to pay the toll gate customs charges at the customs toll gate