Central to airport Metro one step away from going live

The work on the Chennai Central – airport section of the metro rail service has entered the last lap, with the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) scheduled to undertake the inspection of the underground section of the service on Monday.

By :  migrator
Update: 2018-05-13 00:31 GMT

Chennai

Though the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has not officially stated the stretch to be inspected by CMRS K A Manoharan, it has been reliably learnt that the inspection would cover the section from Nehru Park to Chennai Central and Little Mount to AG-DMS, which have been undertaking trial run for months now.

The inspection, which could last a few days, would be the last step before Anna Salai and Chennai Central get airport connectivity. Despite completing Nehru Park – Chennai Central stretch weeks ago, CMRL had delayed the inspection as it waited for the completion of the Little Mount – DMS section, which is over now.

CMRL officials said on condition anonymity that the inspection would get over before the next weekend, and commercial run on the two stretches, which would extend metro connectivity from airport to Anna Salai and Chennai Central, would begin later this month. As the project is nearing completion, many here believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate the Chennai Central metro station. Currently operational till Nehru Park from St Thomas Mount, trial on the 2.7km stretch comprising three stations (Nehru Park, Egmore and Central) began in the last week of January, while trial on 3.3km Saidpet-DMS section was started in the middle of March. Once the service is extended up to Chennai Central, train frequency on Shenoy Nagar –Alandur route via Koyambedu could be increased from seven to five minutes during peak hours and 20 minutes during non-peak hours, as CMRL would not have crossover problem beyond Shenoy Nagar.

Beyond Koyambedu till Nehru Park, CMRL has been unable to increase frequency of trains as only one has been kept operational between Shenoy Nagar and Nehru Park for want of facility for trains to shift tracks.

New AC 3-tier express train from Rajasthan to Tambaram
A new weekly AC 3-tier express train connecting Rajasthan and Tambaram will start running from Monday, the Southern Railway said in a statement, adding that advance booking will commence on Sunday. The inaugural ride of the 16-coach Bhagat Ki Kothi-Tambaram Humsafar special train would be flagged off from Jodhpur by Minister of State for Railways, Rajen Gohain, on Monday. The return train from Tambaram will start from May 18, the statement said. The train will leave Bhagat Ki Kothi at 1 pm on Monday and reach Tambaram at 10 am on Wednesday. The train will have stoppages at Jodhpur, Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Bina, Bhopal, Itarsi, Nagpur, Balharshah, Warangal, Vijayawada, Gudur and Chennai Egmore. The train will be operated from Bhagat Ki Kothi on Wednesdays while the return trip from Tambaram will be on Fridays.

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