CHENNAI

System place

Country

 India

Region

Tamil Nadu

City

 Chennai

City population

 8 650 000

System description

Urban rail transport

Number of Lines

Stations, qty.

Length, km

Length underground, km

Last Update

Metro

2

 40

54,3

 27,7

 14.02.2021

Key details of METRO Lines

Line Designation

Stations qty.

Length, km

Length underground, km

Blue Line

 25

 32,3

  17,4

Green Line

 15 (17*)

 22,0

  10,3

*"Alandur" and "Cennai Central" is one stations for line 1 and line 2

History of METRO system

Date / Year

Line

Stretch

Remark

06.2009

Green Line

 --

Start of Metro construction

29.06.2015

Green Line

 Koyambedu - Alandur, 7 stations

System opening

21.09.2016

Blue Line

  Little Mount - Chennai International Airport, 5 (6*) stations

* Alandur is a crossinterchange station with Green line

14.10.2016

Green Line

  Alandur - St. Thomas Mount, 1 station

14.05.2017

Green Line

  Koyambedu - Nehru Park, 7 stations

25.05.2018

Green Line

  Nehru Park - Central, 2 stations

25.05.2018

Blue Line

  Little Mount - AG-DMS, 4 stations

10.02.2019

Blue Line

  AG-DMS - Washermanpet, 6 (7*) stations

* Chennai Central is a crossinterchange station with Green line

14.02.2021

Blue Line

  Washermanpet - Wimco Nagar, 9,3 km - 8 stations

Future

 

 

 

2025

Line 3

 45,9 km - 50 stations

under construction

Links

UrbanRail

Wikipedia

Skyscrapercity forum

Metro operator's web page

City metro news

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