Chennai Metro Project

[PlaneMad]

The wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Metro

[scdubagoor]

Originally Posted by PlaneMad

The wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Metro

Line 1: Washermanpet - Mannadi - Chennai Fort - Chennai Central - Chennai Egmore - Thousand Lights - Gemini flyover - Teynampet - Nandanam - Saidapet - Little Mount - Guindy - Alandur - Meenambakkam - Chennai International Airport
Length: 23.2km (11km underground)

Is it just the route or the station locations. If station locations, shouldn't there be more stations in TH Road (Washermanpet area) where the population density is very high.

[slashcruise]

Chennai metro should learn a lot from Delhi metro and take advice from E Shreedharan.According to him delay in project is rise in budget.So 4 yrs for building 46km metro sounds long time..as a result increasing the project cost.........

[rajarajang]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Finance Minister M Anbazhagan on Wednesday expressed confidence

Originally Posted by slashcruise

Chennai metro should learn a lot from Delhi metro and take advice from E Shreedharan.According to him delay in project is rise in budget.So 4 yrs for building 46km metro sounds long time..as a result increasing the project cost.........

you must be either outta ur mind or too naive!!

he has just expressed his confidence. to build a grade separator in an important junction takes 4+ years! 6 laning of a 20KM stretch takes almost a decade!! such that is his confidence level.

[saurabh85]

well its not, considering they have taken 4yrs just to build 8 kms of a six lane IT corridor.

[vmukund]

Guys, lets not have any conversation here please. Lets post more information if we have. Thanks for following this!

[Fusionist]

Originally Posted by vmukund

Guys, lets not have any conversation here please. Lets post more information if we have. Thanks for following this!

This is a forum.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum

This is not a notice board. As long as discussions are to topic it is fine to discuss things related to Chennai Metro here. There is only a problem if posts are completely out of topic.

you must be either outta ur mind or too naive!!

such personal attacks are agains't the rule however.

[rajarajang]

Originally Posted by Fusionist

such personal attacks

did not mean it that way. probably i missed a smiley there. nevertheless, i apologize.

[vmukund]

"This is not a notice board. As long as discussions are to topic it is fine to discuss things related to Chennai Metro here. There is only a problem if posts are completely out of topic."

Mr. Fusionist, yes everyone can get info from wiki etc. Thanks to google and you now. The idea is not to be rude to anyone. All that was asked was just keep the conversations on what is right and what is wrong--out of this thread. There has been too much bantering and posting personal opinions especially in Chennai threads. Instead, let us maintain the thread for publishing news. This way we wont run into 50-60 pages by the end of this month :-).

Thanks for co-operating with us.

[Fusionist]

Originally Posted by vmukund

"This is not a notice board. As long as discussions are to topic it is fine to discuss things related to Chennai Metro here. There is only a problem if posts are completely out of topic."

Mr. Fusionist, yes everyone can get info from wiki etc. Thanks to google and you now. The idea is not to be rude to anyone. All that was asked was just keep the conversations on what is right and what is wrong--out of this thread. There has been too much bantering and posting personal opinions especially in Chennai threads. Instead, let us maintain the thread for publishing news. This way we wont run into 50-60 pages by the end of this month :-).

Thanks for co-operating with us.

This forum is FOR posting personal opinions about projects ( but obviously not about individuals and flaming posts ).

I think you are in the wrong forum if you think people shouldn't voice their views. If you want a forum for publishing news only then you need to start a new forum I think.

And please don't adopt that patronising tone using words like 'thanks for corporating' when you are not even sure what this forum is for. It is your comment so please don't try speak for everyone by saying 'us' etc.

Infact asking forumers not to post their comments can be seen as wrong attitude. If you are not sure of the rules please ask the Mods.

Finally, lets move on there is a lot to discuss about the Chennai Metro project as the projects unfolds further.

[PlaneMad]

map updated

[dis.agree]

that's pretty cool picture. not too many cities in the world can boast of such a connectivity - certainly not the american ones.

[Sathisht77]

Originally Posted by dis.agree

that's pretty cool picture. not too many cities in the world can boast of such a connectivity - certainly not the american ones.

The main ones are still in begining state. So we have to wait and see how good the execution will be. History says that the TN government is very poor in project execution..that too by many miles

[kannan infratech]

Thanks PlaneMad for the lovely effort.

After seeing this diagram, I feel that Villivakkam can be connected to the Metro so that the Chennai - Tiruvellore line is also connected to the loop.

This will help a commuter from say Thiruvanmiyur or Velachery (south east) to reach Thiruvellore (North West) fast or vice versa.

If they plan an extension from Thiruvanmiyur to Mahabs with a connecting loop to Madhuranthagam and extend the metro from Anna Nagar to Kanchipuram along Bangalore Highway (new airport1?1), it will almost cover the major areas / suburbs of Chennai. Greater Chennai will rock.

Dreams will come true one day, I hope.

[bamboozle]

Has anyone got access to the original DPR (Detailed Project Report) by DMRC from 2003? Is it available on the Internet?

Very grateful for help.

[kannan infratech]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

Thanks PlaneMad for the lovely effort.

After seeing this diagram, I feel that Villivakkam can be connected to the Metro so that the Chennai - Tiruvellore line is also connected to the loop.

This will help a commuter from say Thiruvanmiyur or Velachery (south east) to reach Thiruvellore (North West) fast or vice versa.

If they plan an extension from Thiruvanmiyur to Mahabs with a connecting loop to Madhuranthagam and extend the metro from Anna Nagar to Kanchipuram along Bangalore Highway (new airport1?1), it will almost cover the major areas / suburbs of Chennai. Greater Chennai will rock.

Dreams will come true one day, I hope.

When I was seeing googleearth map, I observed that the distance between the Airport and Bangalore Highway ( Sriperumpudhur / SV Chatram) is not much when you measure as a crow flies.

It may be a better idea to extend the metro along Thiruneermalai, Pammal, Kunrathur to Sriperumpudhur to Kanchipuram. Lot of new suburbs will be served.

[Babji]

Project Cost Rs. 9,757 Cr.

Funding: State Govt, Central Govt and a Japanese Bank ...

would any one know what are the percentages of funding from each agency
JBIC funding - is it a loan or some kind of aid ...
does it require any land aquisition/road expansion ...
any clues ...

[Sridhar]

Currently proposed: 40% Govt. (State+Central), 60% other funders (perhaps JBIC). JBIC usually gives a loan, which has better terms than commercial lenders (lower interest rate, 5-10 years initial grace period when no repayment has to be made), but also usually requires the choice of Japanese vendors.

As per the project brief on the CMRL website, most of the land is owned by the Govt. (since the elevated sections are mostly on the road medians and other sections are underground). Roughly 10 hectares out of the total approx. 90 hectares land requirement is in private hands - the rest is owned by the Govt. Overall, land acquisition should be relatively easy for the project. Wherever it might have been an issue, the line is underground.

[IndiansUnite]

here's a little snippet on the metro from yesterday's TOI (they launched their Chennai edition yesterday)

Soil test for Metro Rail to begin next month

A comprehensive soil test for the Chennai Metro Rail project will be conducted next month to finalise details of the structural design of elevated track, stations and tunnels. The Rs 9,757-crore project will be completed in five years. “A local technical agency will be identified to take up the soil test by May and the construction is likely to start by January 2009,” an official said.

[Babji]

Thanks for the updates @Sridhar and @IndiansUnite.
Japanese technology would be an advantage too.
so far so good.