The Metro Rail Lite will be executed at a proposed project cost of Rs. 9,424 corre in three phases. In the first phase, the connectivity will be between Collectorate to Valiyampalayam, Vellalore - Avinashi Road - Coimbatore Airport - PSG Foundry. Henc, a total of 45.8 km will be covered in the first phase.
Coimbatore: The Manchester of South India -- Coimbatore is all set to become the first city in the State to have a Metro Rail Lite transportsystem, covering 138.9 km with 40 stations at several important landmarks of the city, including Collectorate, Airport, Vellalore among others.
While earlier reports suggested that the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has completed the feasibility report, following which a Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be prepared and submitted to the State government for its approval, more updates have poured in following an RTI report suggesting that the project will be executed at a cost of Rs.9,424 crore.
Social activist Dayanand Krishnan's RTI has revealed that the Metro Rail Lite is expected to be ready by 2027 and the detailed project report (DPR) prepared by the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has proposed the project cost at Rs. 9,424 crore, covering a distance of 138.9 km in three phases.
With the DPR ready, the social activist has urged the Chief Minister to take a decision on the same and convey it to the Centre for further progress and implementation.
According to the DPR, the project will be executed in three phases with 4.05 lakh daily users expected to use Metro lite in 2030, 5.31 lakh in 2035 and 5.98 lakh users by 2045. The patronage as per the DPR is public transport users (42.9 %), two-wheeler riders (41 %), car users (5.3 % ) and private hired vehicles (5.3 %).
Phase-wise connectivity
In the first phase, the connectivity will be between Collectorate to Valiyampalayam, covering a stretch of 14.1 km, Vellalore - Avinashi Road - Coimbatore Airport - PSG Foundry, covering31.7 km, hence a total of 45.8 km will be covered in the first phase.
In the next phase, the coverage would be between Coimbatore Railway Junction to Pappampatti, covering a distance of 13 km andRailway Junction to Periyanaickenpalayam, covering18.1 km. In total a distance of 31.1 km will be covered in the second phase.
And, in the last phase, the connectivity would be between PSG Foundry to Kaniyur 9.2 km, Valiampalayam to Ganesapuram 10.5 km, Pappampatti to Carltonpet 11.8 km, Periyanaickenpalayam to Pilichi 7.8 km and Town Hall to Karunya Nagar, covering27.7, will be executed.
Based on the traffic projections in Coimbatore City, a Metro Rail Lite system was proposed instead of a regular Metro Rail project that operates in Chennai. While a Chennai Metro Rail train operates with four coaches with a capacity to transport 1,200 passengers, the Metro Lite, will operate with three coaches and the total capacity will be 300 passengers.
While earlier reports suggested that the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has completed the feasibility report, following which a Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be prepared and submitted to the State government for its approval, more updates have poured in following an RTI report suggesting that the project will be executed at a cost of Rs.9,424 crore.
Social activist Dayanand Krishnan's RTI has revealed that the Metro Rail Lite is expected to be ready by 2027 and the detailed project report (DPR) prepared by the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has proposed the project cost at Rs. 9,424 crore, covering a distance of 138.9 km in three phases.
With the DPR ready, the social activist has urged the Chief Minister to take a decision on the same and convey it to the Centre for further progress and implementation.
According to the DPR, the project will be executed in three phases with 4.05 lakh daily users expected to use Metro lite in 2030, 5.31 lakh in 2035 and 5.98 lakh users by 2045. The patronage as per the DPR is public transport users (42.9 %), two-wheeler riders (41 %), car users (5.3 % ) and private hired vehicles (5.3 %).
Phase-wise connectivity
In the first phase, the connectivity will be between Collectorate to Valiyampalayam, covering a stretch of 14.1 km, Vellalore - Avinashi Road - Coimbatore Airport - PSG Foundry, covering31.7 km, hence a total of 45.8 km will be covered in the first phase.
In the next phase, the coverage would be between Coimbatore Railway Junction to Pappampatti, covering a distance of 13 km andRailway Junction to Periyanaickenpalayam, covering18.1 km. In total a distance of 31.1 km will be covered in the second phase.
And, in the last phase, the connectivity would be between PSG Foundry to Kaniyur 9.2 km, Valiampalayam to Ganesapuram 10.5 km, Pappampatti to Carltonpet 11.8 km, Periyanaickenpalayam to Pilichi 7.8 km and Town Hall to Karunya Nagar, covering27.7, will be executed.
Based on the traffic projections in Coimbatore City, a Metro Rail Lite system was proposed instead of a regular Metro Rail project that operates in Chennai. While a Chennai Metro Rail train operates with four coaches with a capacity to transport 1,200 passengers, the Metro Lite, will operate with three coaches and the total capacity will be 300 passengers.