Chennai Metro Rail Project will have 42 coaches. It was planned that 9 coaches will be manufactured by the company, Alstom, in Brazil, and shipped to Chennai.
The test run between Koyambedu & Ashok Nagar has been completed. Now, the test run between Koyambedu & Alandur is scheduled to be completed before the end of June.
In a memorandum submitted to PM Modi, Ms Jayalalithaa said the extension of corridor-I of Metro Rail Project up to Tiruvottiyur and Wimco Nagar covering a distance of 9.051 km .
TamilNadu government hits upon hard to precede the monorail project. The contractors are shrink back, for the reason that the huge investments lacking instant returns.