Chennai Metro Rail Limited has decided to collect the rail fare from the mobile balance.Metro Rails are being operated between Alandur and Koyambedu in Chennai. Now the operations between Little Mount and Airport will commence this month.
It has been decided to operate train services between Chennai Airport- Little Mount and Alandur-St Thomas Mount from the month of October. The final inspection of the Chennai Metro Rail stretch from Little Mount to Chennai airport.
The budget session commenced in the Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly on 26th July. The state finance minister, O. Panneerselam, presented the budget session in the assembly.
Recently, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa laid foundation for the Metro Phase I extension project. Chennai Metro Rail will soon start tunneling work for the Phase I extension project from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar.
On 29th of June 2015, Chennai city started enjoying metro services for the first time ever. Metro train between Koyambedu and Alandur was initiated on this day.Now, metro construction works between Chennai Airport and Chinnamalai are completed in the first route.
The TNERC - Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission, has said no to a petition from the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, or CMRL, to provide concessional power tariff retrospectively.
Everything has been cleared for the opening of the second stretch of Chennai Metro Rail with the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) approving the service between Little Mount and Chennai airport.