VOLUME 5 May 2017 Inauguration of Underground (Green Line) Metro Rail Services from Thirumangalam to Nehru Park on 14.05.2017 CHAIRMAN Thiru Rajiv Gauba, I.A.S., SECRETARY MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT GOVT. OF INDIA Thiru. Pankaj Kumar Bansal, I.A.S., MANAGING DIRECTOR CHENNAI METRO RAIL LIMITED The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and Hon'ble Union Minister of Urban Development inaugurated the passenger services on the first Underground Section in Green Line from Koyambedu to Nehru Park (7.4 KMs) of Chennai Metro Rail Project- Phase-I on 14-5-2017. The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the Hon'ble Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting inaugurated the Underground Metro stretch from Koyambedu to Nehru Park on 14.05.2017. This inauguration marks the first underground stretch in the Green Line of the Phase I of CMRL Project to be opened for passenger services. A total of 7.4 kms of underground stretch from Koyambedu to Nehru Park has been inaugurated. The entire elevated stretch of Phase 1 from Koyambedu to St. Thomas Mount, Little Mount to Airport is already in operation. The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and Hon'ble Union Minister of Urban Development flagged off the first train from Thirumangalam Metro Station on 14.05.2017 and declared open the Metro Stations from Thirumangalam to Nehru Park for Passenger Services.
02 Rolling Stock Work Progress as on 31.01.2017 Thirumangalam Metro Station Anna Nagar Tower Metro Station Anna Nagar East Metro Station Pachaiyappa s College Metro Station Shenoy Nagar Metro Station Chennai Metro Rail People, News Letter Page No 2 Moving Sustaining Growth Kilpauk Metro Station Nehru Park Metro Station
03 Thiru M.C Sampath Hon ble Minister for Industries, visited Thirumangalam and Nehru Park Metro Rail Stations on 09.05.17 Thiru M.C Sampath, Hon ble Minister for Industries, visited the Underground Green Line Metro between Thirumangalam and Nehru Park Metro Rail Stations on 09.05.17. The Hon ble Minister inspected the works in progress at the metro stations and safety measures taken at the stations and facilities present in the metro stations. Gallery Metro Rail utilizes; 1. Lowest carbon emission amongst various modes of mass transport. 2. Causes no air pollution in the city. Provides for very high passenger capacity.
04 4 Rolling Stock Work Progress as on 31.01.2017 CMRL Activities Chennai Metro Rail App Awards and Rewards This app provides the customers of metro service with plenty of useful information. Chennai Metro Rail app provides the customers of metro services with plenty of useful information that helps in using the metro services. Following are the different sections in the app and the information available in them. Route between stations selecting the starting and destination stations will display the user the fares, distance, approximate travel time, stations in between with changeover station and the route map with plotting of the route on the map. Station Info- selecting a station will give you various useful information about the station like First and last train timings, Platforms, Gates and Directions, contact numbers, tourist spots near that station, parking, feeder services etc. Nearest metro station This section will show you the nearest metro station from your current location. Other useful information to the user namely Metro Stations, Routes, Fares, nearby metro locations, train timings, feeder services, Parking, travel card recharge, Tourist spots, Weather Forecast etc are also available in the Mobile App. S.No Name (Thiru / Tmt / Selvi) 1 Subathradevi N 2 Anbalagan P Designation 3 Madhanmohan S K JE (S/SC/TO) 4 Sridhar K 5 Harihara Sudan J 6 Praveen Kumar. B Manager (BD) 7 Loganathan R 8 Janet Shobia Y 9 Priya M JE (Electronics) 12 Bangarusamy T 13 Ganesh R JE (Electrical) 14 Sri Siva Sakthi M 17 Adaikala Doss 18 Sujatha.S 19 Madhanmohan S K 20 Vishnu P 21 Udayamoorthy S JE (S/SC/TO) 22 Gautam B 23 James Arputharaj V 24 Jaya Prakash R 25 Pravin Kumar P JE (Electrical) 28 Preethy A Train Operator 10 15 26 Arul Singh K Menaha M Abinaya 11 16 27 Sowndrarajan.L Priya E Latha Priya 29 Senthil kumar D Depot Controller 30 Faizul Ahamed S 31 Senthil Kumar T 32 Syed Ibrahim A 33 Naganandhini C 34 Muthukumar U Traffic Controller Traffic Controller 35 Nadanaganesh R Depot Controller 36 Sakthiveeravel M 37 Govindasamy T Traffic Controller 38 Rajesh J Depot Controller 39 Cynthia Roshan Samson Traffic Controller Awarded towards Tickets sold by the ticketing operators are quite good - Arumbakkam & Vadapalani Metro Stations Cashless transaction (46%) on 20-03-2017 Recognition for successfully awarding contract of Advertisement, contract of Base transceiver stations (BTS) and KIOSKS package I, II & III in all 32 metro stations of Phase-I Extra efforts during Stage 2A CMRS Inspection Preparing the Statutory documents required for CMRS inspection Welcome to CMRL Family Tmt Jaya Gowri. M.V IPS Chief Security Officer Thiru Ilampooranam. A GM (EC) Tmt Dhanam. D AM (Legal) Thiru Kaleswaran. K Dy. Collector (LA) Thiru Abdul Hameed. N Site Engineer (Civil) Thiru Poninien. M Site Engineer (Civil) Thiru Arun Kumar. S.S Site Engineer (Civil) Thiru Athithya Shankar Site Engineer (Civil) Thiru Ramesh Chandra Kumawat Consultant (Railway Coordination)
05 Underground Sections & Tunneling Work Progress as on 31.05.2017 Package TBM From To Tunnelling length in mtr Completed in mtr Percentage completed UAA 01 TBM 1 Washermenpet Metro Egmore Metro 4445 4445 100 TBM 2 Washermenpet Metro Egmore Metro 4445 4445 100 TBM 3 May Day Park Central Metro 2080 2080 100 UAA 02 TBM 1 May Day Park AG-DMS 3616 2784 77.0 TBM 2 May Day Park AG-DMS 3616 2502 69.19 UAA 03 Saidapet Metro AG-DMS 5736 5736 100 UAA 04 Egmore Metro Shenoy Nagar 6776 6776 100 UAA 05 Shenoy Nagar Thirumangalam 5594 5594 100 UAA 08 TBM 1 Washermenpet Korukkupet 2000 347 17.35 TBM 2 Washermanpet Korrukupet 2000 458 22.9 Total 40308 35167 87.25 Gallery AG-DMS Station High Court Station Washermanpet Station Track Work Progress as on 31.05.17 Blue Line In the underground section between Saidapet ramp to Washermenpet, out of 28466m, track slab has been completed for the length of 5501m in between Saidapet to AG-DMS and Washermanpet to Mayday park track preliminary works in progress. Green Line DEPOT Track work has been completed between Saidapet ramp to AG-DMS in Downline. In the underground section between Thirumangalam ramp and Chennai central, out of 19888m, Track work has been completed for the length of 16443m with 10 turnouts. Track work has been completed for entire depot length of 14606m with 41 turnouts.
06 4 Know Your Metro Station Rolling Stock Work Progress as on 31.01.2017 Nehru Park Metro Station is the 3rd metro station in the underground stretch on the Green Line of Phase I of Chennai Metro Rail Project. This station is among the newly inaugurated underground metro station in the Green Line from Chennai Central to St Thomas Mount. This station services the neighborhoods of Egmore and Purasaiwakkam. The station is located on Periyar EVR High Road also known as Poonamallee High Road which is one of the main arterial roads on Chennai connecting Maduravoyal bypass junction on the west end and Muthuswamy Bridge near Madras Medical College at Part Town in the East end. The Nehru Park Metro Station is located below the Nehru Park and has brought a new dimension to the area in the form of a Public Transit leading to major changes in the urban environment in and around the neighborhoods of Egmore and Purasaiwakkam as well. The station is situated next to several important places namely Sangam Multiplex, Kilpauk G3 Police Station, Nehru Park and Gengu Reddy Road and Sports Development Authority. Indian Squash Academy and Residential complexes to name a few. Editor Tmt. Tamil Mozhi Amuthu, PRO Sub-Editor Selvi. Shruti Shambavi. R, AM (PR) Published by : Chennai Metro Rail Limited Please address all correspondence to: The Editor, Chennai Metro Rail Limited, "Administration Building", CMRL Depot, Poonamallee High Road, Koyambedu, Chennai - 600 107.