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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. [8]
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The abbreviation MRTS is most commonly used to refer to Mass Rapid Transit System. The abbreviation MRTS may also refer to: Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, abbreviated MRTS; Magnetic Reversal Time Scale, a geological term; Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution, a term used in the study of economics
On 11 May 2022, Southern Railway of the Indian Railways granted in-principle approval for the conversion of the MRTS into the metro. [98] The railway would handover the MRTS to the CMRL once the expansion of the MRTS is completed and as of 2024, the extended second phase of the MRTS project, connecting Velachery with St. Thomas Mount was still ...
Map of all the world's metro systems The year the metro system was opened for commercial service at metro standards. In other words, parts of the system may be older, but as parts of a former light rail or commuter rail network, so the year that the system obtained metro standards (most notably electrification) is the one listed.
The first-ever mode of the urban rail transit system in India was commuter rail (or suburban rail), built in Mumbai on 16 April 1853. The first passenger train was flagged off from Bori Bunder (present-day Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai ) from where it travelled to Thane , covering a distance of 34 km in an hour and fifteen minutes.
Mass Rapid Transit in general refers to a fully grade separated heavy-rail metro system. The term may also specifically refer to: Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, a rapid transit system in Chennai, India; Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit, a rapid transit system in Jakarta, Indonesia
Chennai Metro is a rapid transit rail system in Chennai which was opened in 2015. As of 2023, the metro system consists of two operational lines operating across 54.1 km (33.6 mi) with 41 stations. [20] Chennai metro system is being expanded with a proposed addition of three more lines and extension of 116.1 km (72.1 mi). [21]