Chennai Metro snippets

Access to the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) in Koyambedu is going to be hassle-free for metro rail commuters. They will be able to walk right up to their buses from the elevated station that the Chennai Metro Rail will build inside the bus terminus. City-based Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (CCCL) has won contracts to build 10 elevated stations of Chennai Metro Rail including the one at the CMBT. These stations will be located on the Koyambedu-Alandur stretch of Corridor 2 and the Little Mount-Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) stretch of Corridor 1. The work was awarded to the company in the form of two contracts for five stations each on June 22. CCCL bagged the tender in spite of competition from 11 other bidders. Metro Rail will have two corridors with a combined length of 45km — one from Washermanpet to the airport and the other from Central station to St Thomas Mount via Koyambedu. The total cost is estimated at Rs 14,600 crore. The tender for the design and construction of elevated stations at Koyambedu, CMBT, Arumbakkam, Vadapalani and Ashok Nagar/KK Nagar is worth Rs 139.54 crore, while the second tender to design and build stations at Little Mount, Guindy, Alandur, OTA, and SIDCO is worth Rs 94.99 crore. A senior Metro Rail official said that CCCL would design the stations as per the parameters and locations provided by Metro Rail. “The two tenders cover all elevated stations except St Thomas Mount in the ongoing phase 1 of the metro network. A separate tender will have to be awarded for St Thomas Mount station because it is going to be a consolidated hub for suburban railway, MRTS and metro rail,” the official said. Alignment of the elevated viaduct between the airport and OTA is under discussion with the Airports Authority of India. “We have not finalised the alignment for this stretch,” the official said. With works already awarded for the elevated viaduct and elevated stations, Metro Rail is now processing the pre-tender works to identify companies to build the underground stations and tunnels. Sixteen companies, all of them joint ventures between Indian and foreign firms, have pre-qualified to bid for the works. Washermanpet to Saidapet via Anna Salai stretch of Corridor 1 and Chennai Central to Thirumangalam via Poonamallee High Road stretch of Corridor 2 will be underground. Works are in progress to build elevated viaducts between Koyambedu and Ashok Nagar, Ashok Nagar and St Thomas Mount, and between Saidapet and OTA. The contract for the first stretch has been given to Soma Construction and the remaining to Larsen and Toubro.
Metro Map Spots where the Metro Rail stations will be loacted
Koyambedu: Near Koyambedu vegetable market on Tiruvalluvar street
CMBT: Inside the mofussil bus terminus campus
Arumbakkam: Near Aiswarya Mahal on 100 Feet Road
Vadapalani: Near SRM complex on 100 Feet Road
Ashok Nagar/KK Nagar: Opposite Udhayam theatre
SIDCO: Opposite Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET)
Alandur: Near Kathipara flyover
Officers Training Academy: Opposite the main entrance of OTA on GST Road
Little Mount: Near Temple Steps on Anna Salai
Guindy: Opposite Guindy suburban railway station