The Purple Line or Line 3 is one of the three lines of
Chennai Metro
The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the 4th longest metro system In india. The system commenced service in 2015 after partially opening the first phase of the project. The network c ...
, Phase 2 Project. The under construction line stretches from to . The line will consist of 47 stations, out of which 28 are underground and 19 are elevated.
Phase II
E. Sreedharan
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (born 12 June 1930) is an Indian engineer and politician from the Indian state of Kerala. He is credited with changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the De ...
, in 2013, stressed on the need of a greater expansion of Chennai metro network by undertaking subsequent phases. In July 2016, the then Chief Minister
J. Jayalalithaa announced that Chennai Metro Phase 2 would be 104 km long and have 104 stations. In July 2017, in a suo motu statement in the State Legislative Assembly, an extension in Phase II, involving an extension of Line 4 from
Lighthouse up to
Poonamallee
Poonamallee is suburb of Chennai, India under the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It was historically called ''Pushpagirimangalam'', later renamed in Tamil as ''Poovirundhavalli'' (), and now colloquially called as ''Poondhamalli''. It is a town in ...
, with the
Madhavaram Madhavaram may refer to:
Places in South India Andhra Pradesh
* Madhavaram, Kukkunoor, a village in Kukkunoor Taluk, Eluru district
* Madhavaram, Tadepalligudem, a village in Tadepalligudem mandal
Tadepalligudem mandal is one of the 19 mand ...
–
Sholinganallur
Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a locality in the southern part of Chennai, India.
Etymology
The etymology given by Tamil scholars is "chola" + "angam" + "nallur" , which indicates that Sholinganallur was on ...
and Lighthouse–Poonamallee lines intersecting at
Alwarthirunagar was announced, making Phase 2 120 km long. The key focus for Phase 2 is to connect the northern (Madhavaram, Thiruvottriyur, Redhills) and southern parts (Siruseri, Sholinganallur) and the east parts of Chennai (Light house, Mylapore) to the western parts of Chennai (Porur, Poonamallee). Tamil Nadu Road Development Corporation (TNRDC) has also proposed an elevated four-lane corridor for the IT corridor from Taramani to Siruseri. CMRL will construct its piers on top of the flyover built by TNRDC.
The lines 3, 4 and 5 are proposed to have underground and elevated routes. The present estimate for the phase 2 stands at Rs. 70,000 crore and approval has been received from the state government. Foundation stone for phase 2 was laid on 20 November 2020 by Union Home Minister
Amit Shah and construction for the phase from Poonamallee to Power House of Line 4 commenced on 1 June 2021. The construction work for certain sections of the second phase of Chennai Metro Rail project is hit due to delay in the selection of the general consultant (GC) after concerns were raised by more than 50% of bidders on the CMRL shortlisting companies based on their technical qualifications. Addressing an event in Chennai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday 14 February 2021 said the Centre has set aside Rs 70,000 crore in this year’s Budget for the second phase of Chennai Metro totaling 135 km, which is one of the largest projects sanctioned for any city in one-go. The map and list of stations for all 3 proposed lines to be part of Phase 2 has also been published by CMRL.
There are also plans to extend the Poonamallee line (Line 4) by 4 km to the proposed township of
Tirumazhisai in the western part of the city by CMRL. Phase 2 is expected to be completed by 2025. Phase 2 will have trains will have six coaches, making a total of 414 coaches.
The stations in phase II will be smaller at compared with in phase I. Phase II will have three depots, namely, Madhavaram (30 hectares), SIPCOT (), and Poonamallee ().
CMRL has decided to implement
LRT Metrolite, covering 17 km connecting Tambaram and Velachery railway stations along the Velachery -Tambaram Road and in February 2021, the state assembly announced that the feasibility study had started for the same to soon prepare a dpr.
Stations
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Purple Line
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English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
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Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
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, 1, , align="center", , , மாதவரம் பால் பண்ணை, ,
Red Line, , Underground, , UC
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, 2, , align="center", , , முராரி மருத்துவனை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 3, , align="center", , , மூலக்கடை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 4, , align="center", , , செம்பியம், , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 5, , align="center", , , பெரம்பூர் அங்காடி, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 6, , align="center", , , பெரம்பூர், ,
Perambur railway station
Perambur railway station (station code: PER) is in Perambur, Chennai, one of the important stations in Chennai, in the Chennai Beach/Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network. This passenger station serves the ...
, , Underground, , UC
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, 7, , align="center", , , அயனாவரம், , Bus Terminus, , Underground, , UC
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, 8, , align="center", , , ஓட்டேரி, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 9, , align="center", , , பட்டாளம், , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 10, , align="center", , , பெரம்பூர் பேரக்ஸ் சாலை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 11, , align="center", , , புரசைவாக்கம் சாலை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 12, , align="center", , , கெல்லீஸ், , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 13, , align="center", , , கீழ்ப்பாக்கம் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி, ,
Green Line, , Underground, , UC
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, 14, , align="center", , , சேத்துப்பட்டு, ,
Chetpet railway station
Chetpet Railway Station, also spelt as Chetput Railway Station, is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Chetpet. It is situated adjacent ...
, , Underground, , UC
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, 15, , align="center", , , ஸ்டெர்லிங் சாலை சந்திப்பு, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 16, , align="center", , , நுங்கம்பாக்கம், , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 17, , align="center", , , ஜெமினி, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 18, , align="center", , , ஆயிரம் விளக்கு, ,
Blue Line, , Underground, , UC
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, 19, , align="center", , , ராயப்பேட்டை அரசு மருத்துவமனை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 20, , align="center", , , ராதாகிருஷ்ணன் சாலை சந்திப்பு, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 21, , align="center", , , திருமயிலை, ,
Thirumayilai railway station
Thirumayilai MRTS station or just Mylapore MRTS station is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was started in 1997 which marked the completion of Phase I of the Chennai MRTS project. The station is located on the bank of Buckingham Ca ...
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Orange Line, , Underground, , UC
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, 22, , align="center", , , மந்தைவெளி, , Bus Terminus, , Underground, , UC
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, 23, , align="center", , , பசுமைவழிச் சாலை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 24, , align="center", , , அடையாறு சந்திப்பு, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 25, , align="center", , , அடையாறு, , Bus Terminus, , Underground, , UC
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, 26, , align="center", , , இந்திரா நகர், , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 27, , align="center", , , திருவான்மியூர், ,
Thiruvanmiyur railway station, , Underground, , UC
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, 28, , align="center", , , தரமணி இணைப்பு சாலை, , None, , Underground, , UC
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, 29, , align="center", , , நேரு நகர், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 30, , align="center", , , கந்தன்சாவடி, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 31, , align="center", , , பெருங்குடி, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 32, , align="center", , , துரைப்பாக்கம், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 33, , align="center", , , மேட்டுக்குப்பம், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 34, , align="center", , , பி.டி.சி. காலனி, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 35, , align="center", , , ஒக்கியம்பேட்டை, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 36, , align="center", , , காரப்பாக்கம், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 37, , align="center", , , ஒக்கியம் துரைப்பாக்கம், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 38, , align="center", , , சோழிங்கநல்லூர், ,
Red Line, , Elevated, , UC
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, 39, , align="center", , , சோழிங்கநல்லூர் ஏரி, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 40, , align="center", , , ஶ்ரீ பொன்னியம்மன் கோவில், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 41, , align="center", , , சத்தியபாமா பல்கலைக்கழகம், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 42, , align="center", , , செம்மஞ்சேரி, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 43, , align="center", , , காந்தி நகர், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 44, , align="center", , , நாவலூர், , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 45, , align="center", , , சிறுசேரி, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 46, , align="center", , , சிறுசேரி சிப்காட் 1, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, 47, , align="center", , , சிறுசேரி சிப்காட் 2, , None, , Elevated, , UC
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, NA, , align="center", , , சிப்காட் டிப்போ, , None, , TBA, , Proposed Phase 3
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, NA, , align="center", , , கேளம்பாக்கம், , None, , TBA, , Proposed Phase 3
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, NA, , align="center", , , மாம்பாக்கம், , None, , TBA, , Proposed Phase 3
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, NA, , align="center", , , வண்டலூர், ,
Blue Line, , Elevated, , Proposed Phase 3
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, NA, , align="center", , , அறிஞர் அண்ணா உயிரியல் பூங்கா, ,
Blue Line, , Elevated, , Proposed Phase 3
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, NA, , align="center", , , கிளாம்பாக்கம், ,
Blue Line, Bus Terminus, {{rint, rail
Kilambakkam railway station
Kilambakkam is a suburban locality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located between Vandalur and Urapakkam along Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road). It is the entrance gateway for the Chennai, Chennai City from the southern end. Chennai Metr ...
, , Elevated, , Proposed Phase 3
References
Chennai Metro lines