Monorail system in Chennai soon
Chennai may soon have a monorail system to ease overcrowding of the existing public transport modes.
The state government has identified the Metropolitan Transport Corporation Limited (MTCL) as the nodal agency for the development of a Monorail Mass Rapid Transit System (MMRTS) for Chennai.
With a population of around eight million, a majority of the people including a million from the outskirts of the city use its buses and local train service, says an NGO report. Chennai also has an elevated metro-rail service in certain areas.
MTCL has invited bids for the project from national and international developers and sought reports to develop and construct and maintain the project.
A pre-bid conference will be held Jan 25 to discuss the project in detail, sources in the transport department said Tuesday.
The monorail line is expected to be 490 km long and would cover the principal transit routes within the city and surrounding areas. About 300 km of line will be taken up for completion in the first phase.
However, no time frame has yet been set for the project's completion.
The monorail is a single-track upraised train service running usually on a beam and is popular in Japan, Malaysia, Australia and the US.
via [www.newkerala.com]
The state government has identified the Metropolitan Transport Corporation Limited (MTCL) as the nodal agency for the development of a Monorail Mass Rapid Transit System (MMRTS) for Chennai.
With a population of around eight million, a majority of the people including a million from the outskirts of the city use its buses and local train service, says an NGO report. Chennai also has an elevated metro-rail service in certain areas.
MTCL has invited bids for the project from national and international developers and sought reports to develop and construct and maintain the project.
A pre-bid conference will be held Jan 25 to discuss the project in detail, sources in the transport department said Tuesday.
The monorail line is expected to be 490 km long and would cover the principal transit routes within the city and surrounding areas. About 300 km of line will be taken up for completion in the first phase.
However, no time frame has yet been set for the project's completion.
The monorail is a single-track upraised train service running usually on a beam and is popular in Japan, Malaysia, Australia and the US.
via [www.newkerala.com]
U r right Citizen. Chennai is being deprived by the politicians. We know the delay caused in the MRTS. But when Delhi Metro was asked to conduct a study, I felt things would happen fast. Delhi Metro has proved faster execution of the project in Delhi. Now that the govt has suddenly opted for Monorail, we'll hv to wait and watch.
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Siva |
12:41 AM