Chennai To Get Three New Metro Train Corridors, With 128 Stations: Check Details

New Delhi: Three new Metro train corridors in Tamil Nadu's Chennai have been approved by the Centre on Thursday. This will fall under Chennai Metro Phase-II. The total length of these new metro lines will be approximately 119 kilometres including 128 stations. The three corridors include Madhavaram to SIPCOT having a length of 45.8 km with 50 metro stations and Lighthouse to Poonamalle Bypass across 26.1 km with 30 stations.

The proposed Madhavaram to Sholinganallur corridor, which will have a length of 47 km with 48 metro stations, was also approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi .

"The project completion cost is Rs 63,246 crore and is planned to be completed by 2027. Once Phase-II is fully operational, the Chennai city will have a total metro rail network of 173 km," it stated.

The Phase-II of Chennai Metro Rail Project represents a significant advancement in the city's infrastructure development and it acts as a major expansion of the metro rail network in the city.

The government said the Phase-II Chennai Metro Rail Project is set to be a transformative development for the city.

With inputs from PTI