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The study suggested the implementation of a rail-based Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) on the southern section of the line along the Buckingham Canal, connecting to the existent suburban system. [7] The system was envisaged as a 59.38 km (36.90 mi) loop line connecting Chennai Beach and Tiruvottiyur .
[5] [6] As a result, an initial stretch of the Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) between Chennai Beach and Chepauk opened in 1995 – the first elevated rail line in India. The MRTS later extended to Thirumayilai in 1997, to Thiruvanmiyur in 2004, and to Velachery in 2007. [7] [8] [9] In 2006, a modern metro rail system for Chennai was ...
The MRTS system opened in the early 1990s and consists of the following sections: Chennai Beach – Velachery; Velachery – St. Thomas Mount (under construction) Thiruvanmiyur – Mamallapuram (proposed) The MRTS system is planned to meet with the Tambaram branch of the existing suburban network at St. Thomas Mount. The plan envisages the MRTS ...
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, [2] [3] commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separated rapid transit line below ground surface through a tunnel can be regionally called a subway , tube , metro or underground .
The suburban railways of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai occupy no more than 7.1% of the Indian Railways network, but account for 53.2% of all railway passengers. [128] In some cities of India, the opening of rapid transit systems has led to a decline in the use of the suburban rail system.
Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central) (station code: MAS [5]), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [6] It is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Train frequencies are 2 - 3 mins during peak hours and 5 - 6 mins during off-peak hours. If the Christmas and New Year's Eve falls on the weekday, train frequencies will remain the same as weekdays only during morning peak whereas it will become 5 - 6 mins until 3pm and standardised to 5 min frequency throughout the whole period until the last ...
The Kanpur Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system in the Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.The metro is owned and operated by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) and it partially opened within 2 years of construction starting in 2019 making it the fastest constructed mass rapid transit system in the world.