Progress on Chennai Metro Rail’s Fifth Corridor: 1,080 Metres of Tunnel Excavation Completed

Updated: 14/Nov/2026 9:49:01 AM

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Chennai Metro Rail’s Fifth Corridor, connecting Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur, has achieved a significant construction milestone.

Tunnel excavation work covering a distance of 1,080 metres has been successfully completed along this corridor.

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Kurinji completed the excavation work between Kolathur Metro Station and Srinivasa Nagar.

This marks another milestone in the ongoing construction of Chennai Metro’s Fifth Corridor, which is part of the city`s expanding metro rail network.

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