Why Chennai is Building This Massive Metro Network

Chennai Metro is India's 4th Largest Metro Network spanning 54 km and 42 stations. Presently, it has 2 operational lines but a massive expansion of 3 new routes of more than 100 km length is under progress. It's estimated to cost ₹63,000 Crore.
Map References: OpenStreetMap Contributors, CMRL, Indian Railways, Wikipedia, GoogleMaps, Mapbox.
Music: Storyblocks
Video Chapters:
0:00​ Intro
0:28 Background
2:06 Present Network
4:27 Future Expansion
5:52 Details
6:57 Suburban Railway
8:23 Chennai Rail History

[@PowerTrain]

alundur station is very complex we spent 20 mins on the station going up and down then seeing maps to see exatly how it works. very complex and interesting

[@-Tony-Gunk-]

Yeah, it's one of the major points for metro lines, as they said, it may get more levels in the future

[@purushottam_paramdharma]

Damn lastly didnt even mention or credit you in the video. But great work guys

[@Lastlyy]

@PowerTrain yeah its complex and one-of-a-kind in India. Great feat of engineering.

[@AdityaKantKushwaha]

❤

[@Agastya510]

Is it same like Jaydeva interchange Bengaluru......??

[@nitindesai7738]

One best thing about Chennai metro is that green line connects Airport, Koyembedu (Main Bus terminus), Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore in one go.

[@MrNo-dc2wp]

Chennai metro's greenline is the GOAT line of any metro running in India interms of planning

[@gnanasabaapatirg7376]

​@@MrNo-dc2wpyup unlike Delhi where you have change lines. Not to mention even the suburban connects the Egmore and Central to airport although not the bust terminus. With that being said the souther busses will be now from the newer terminus which is south to the city so then where a stop can be made for mrts going to chengalpattu

[@kk-ys2jd]

But koyambedu bus stop moving out to vandalur soon

[@sagishpreman7644]

​​@@kk-ys2jd2 or 3 new bus terminus has been proposed and metro stations are also proposed to connect upto all terminus and also the new airport... well planned

[@VigneshV-lo6fi]

Will most probably connect the new kilambakkam bus terminus too once it's fully expanded. 😁

[@BrattyBiker]

I'm from Chennai, I really hope this Metro project is a huge success because all the roads are completely destroyed in Chennai right now, in the name of Metro construction work.

[@renganathanofficial]

creates a ton of traffic too

[@BrattyBiker]

@@renganathanofficial For sure. It's a complete pain for old people to drive as well.

[@renganathanofficial]

@@BrattyBiker there's no road 🥲

[@Swagger17112]

Inconvenience today for a better tomorrow 😂😂

[@satdhu93]

It is already a sucess bossu.

[@ptj1ptj172]

I recently travelled between the Chennai international airport and the central station, and it was a breeze. Hassle-free, pollution-free, stress-free. The frequency, cleanliness, punctuality, crowd - everything was good.

[@Gansanspic]

As far as I know Chennai Metro Rail is the first project in the country that connected the airport, two importaint rail terminals (Chennai Central and Egmore) and the main bus terminus (CMBT) during phase 1 itself. There is also an approved extension of the blue line from airport to the upcoming second major bus terminus at Kilambakkam, 15 km away. When this extension is built, it will connect a third important rail terminus (Tambaram).

[@gauravgupta5586]

Lucknow metro connects Airport to Charbagh station and badshanagar station and also to Alambagh bus station

[@ravisrinivasan6629]

Better coverage of Chennai metro than any other local KZbin blog, super from North India channel Kudos to your efforts

[@pikachue602]

Mamamia it is India ie Bharat r North Indians Chinese or north Korean or Arabians coz the way u speak seems like that... Ps : don't be angry huh! I was just saying

[@daniel11111]

@@pikachue602teenager learnt the word ‘mamamia’ and thinks it’s cool to use it within Indian context. And North Indians are absolutely North Indians, very different from us, South Indians. Language, culture and history.

[@contactpjoshi123]

​​@@daniel11111That's right.. so many teenagers in the comments section.

[@travelbursttamil]

​@@pikachue602when the country is big, we need to tell by directions

[@kanakTheGold]

@@travelbursttamil Good video on Extreme South Indian metro.

[@abdulhazeeb]

I moved to chennai in 2008, I have seen huge improvement .... Cant believe this city is gonna be a multi Bagger city for business investors....

[@rageshp.u2382]

Much more investments to come Porur ,ramapuraam, OMR sirueri Navalur,sholingalnallur,Thorapikkam, Radial road, ....more IT,Healthcare,Harware,Fintech,25 Million commerical sqft will be raeady by 2026.... land price is skyrocketing

[@samuelgeorge3823]

@@rageshp.u2382 IF Siruseri and Oragadum are officially under CMDA,chennai will be 300$BN GDP...regaining the numero uno status of 70's...

[@brokenarrow5590]

Chennai has the best transportation facilities, with 1000s of gov buses which covers every corner of the city, Local trains, Metro, Share auto and cabs, with all these you no need to wait much longer in any place.

[@asifirfan]

Chennai is an Emotion❤

[@prakaashj5485]

Chennai is a name..Madras is an emotion.

[@saianand.n]

Hi, really good video. But there's a small piece of information you missed while talking about the Chennai Suburban system. The Chennai Suburban Railway system also covers local services on the direct route between Arakkonam and Chengalpattu via the city of Kanchipuram to the South-West of the Greater Chennai metropolitan area. With this included, the Chennai suburban system is the only system in the country to actually operate circular trains that run in either directions from Chennai Beach to Chennai Beach via Tambaram-Chengalpattu-Kanchipuram-Tirumalpur-Arakkonam. This circular route is over the 200km and is the longest suburban commuter rail route in the country. Another fascinating thing is that with trains upto Sullurpeta (in Andhra Pradesh), Chennai Suburban network is the only one in the country to run local trains across two states in a single route.

[@nikkzm3689]

I agree with all , except the last point. There's local train running from KSR Bengaluru to Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) too!!

[@saianand.n]

@@nikkzm3689 That’s a MEMU service not a suburban service. There’s no suburban railway in Bengaluru as of now. They only operate MEMUs which run till nearby populated cities and towns like Mysuru, Tumakuru, Hosapet, Kolar, Bangarpet, etc.

[@Vicky-ne9mt]

@@saianand.n but banglore is currently building new suburban rail right? i read somewhere

[@saianand.n]

@@Vicky-ne9mt Yes, they’re building a suburban network. The primary difference between suburban rail and a MEMU commuter rail is that suburban trains have dedicated tracks along most of its routes whereas a MEMU shares tracks with intercity trains (that’s why it’s called MEMU - mainline EMU). Bengaluru is building dedicated tracks first and only then it will be able to procure rolling stock and start the suburban services. It’s still a project that is at least 1-2 years away from starting.

[@parimaltiwari9470]

@@saianand.n Well that's not the way to differentiate between MEMU and EMU. Because Atipattu - Sullurpeta line of Chennai suburban railway runs merged with the main track. Same goes for the Arakonnam - Chengalpattu branch line which completes the circular route. Tambaram - Chengalpattu is still single till date. And the best part, Beach - Egmore, where suburban tracks dominate (double tracks) over the main line (single track).

[@jayashreee1]

The only thing you missed was the extension of blue line to kilambakam bus terminal in the south. From airport it connected pallavaram and tambaram and kilambakam

[@Vicky-ne9mt]

its still in paper, didn't even got approved till now

[@mrAshwin06]

Airport to kilambakkam (new bus terminus) is approved but no work started yet.

[@Vicky-ne9mt]

@@mrAshwin06 tender itself not issued man(thats what is meant as on paper )

[@ojasaklecha]

Will be really helpful if started :)

[@parthasarathyvenkatadri]

Also siruseri to kilambakkam connection through vandalur ..

[@abthewatcher04]

Even though the metro construction is very annoying, currently operating Chennai Metro lines are amazing and extremely well maintained. With the large amount of MTC buses, local trains and currently developing metro lines Chennai will definitely have one of the best public transportation systems. Looking forward to this

[@madhukarg8052]

as someone who grew up in chennai and still lives , i literally grew up travelling in the blue line central - chengalpettu , and the MRTS line for last four years and literally saw the construction of the Velechery - St Thomas Mount line while growing up , sure i will say , this is a well reached video

[@NangalumYoutuberThaan]

Chennai metro is one of the best system which is majorly handled by youngsters 🎉

[@vishalvenkat6074]

FINALLY I HAVE BEEN ASKING HIM FOR A VIDEO OM CHENNAI METRO PHASE-2 FOR MINIMUM A YEAR NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, U FULFILLED MY WISH!!!

[@paris9332]

Excellent explanation.. And thanks for the subtitles 😊

[@sahilsatishpandit4083]

Wow! Chennai's Transit System looks so nice and well sorted. I hope it gets constructed soon unlike Mumbai's Metro which is taking like eternity to get completed. I am really fed up of metro construction in Mumbai. Best of Luck Chennai❤

[@dkine5586]

Already two lines are running bro... currently another 4 lines are being constructed 😊

[@paris9332]

WORTH THE WAIT BROTHER 😊

[@EagleOverTheSea]

​@@dkine55863 lines.

[@kk-ys2jd]

Up coming 3, 4 & 5 corridors are going fast as the chief minister want to cut the ribbon himself asap.

[@ajpurushoth7663]

Todays inconvenience for better future bro 😅

[@tapangupta7969]

Please make this video in English too so as to reach more people of Chennai & TN for their better understanding of this extremely interesting video. Thanks.

[@Sathish_12]

I am from chennai , most of the youngsters here can understand hindi because of youtube videos like these which is mostly in Hinglish😄

[@annamalaian0711]

@@Sathish_12few, not most

[@JayGanesh27N]

​@@Sathish_12 few

[@619ry7]

Subtitles is added

[@hareeshkrishnaa5642]

Subtitles is there

[@noorulameen9402]

one of the best presentation I have ever seen so far. very crispy and eye-catching. My only concern is the housing rentals once the metro system is fully operational.

[@hareeshkrishnaa5642]

Yeah true. Currently, Mylapore-Alwarpet section has become very cheap now because of the construction. PS: Mylapore is not at all a cheap place for rentals

[@suneetabhat1822]

Chennai City urgently need 330 km of modern metro network across the length and breadth of city .

[@sagarmoyjana6837]

Chennai is surprisingly big and well distributed. So this demand is logical. But the problem is, compared to other metro cities, Chennai is sparsely populated.

[@Sanjay_Singh_Bisht]

@@sagarmoyjana6837 Every big city in India is very very populated.

[@VivaldiYoumeanVivadi]

@@sagarmoyjana6837 A lot of people from other parts of TN migrate here and many people travel from nearby towns to work here. The demand makes sense. It is not "sparsely populated". Of course maybe not as dense as Bombay or Calcutta, but populous nonetheless.

[@gakatasintoki1881]

Chennai shouldn't get punished for not being overwhelmingly crowded.

[@sureshbhatia9408]

@@sagarmoyjana6837 If Chennai is sparsely populated then underground metro will be better suited.

[@Ram_krish]

Finally! But disappointed that you covered so much in detail about the future of other cities but not Chennai. 1. The red line is being extended to Avadi. 2. The orange line is being extended to the Greenfield Airport. 3. The purple line is planned to be extended to Mahabalipuram. 4. The blue line is being extended to Kilambakkam in the south and Ennore in the north 5. The MRTS line is *finally* about to complete the St. Thomas Mount route, also planned to be converted to metro cars. Also, two new metrolite lines are being planned: 1. Velachery - Medavakkam - Tambaram 2. Pallavaram - Avadi - Red Hills

[@samuelgeorge3823]

Fantastic

[@niranjanprabhuk]

to connect Greenfield airport it will take another 15 to 20 years, airport land acquisition isn't complete yet and to build a new airport it will take anywhere between 5 - 10 years considering it is 2nd airport. I don't thing any new lines were planned to connect velachery, already green line connects to st Thomas station MRTS. And Velachery - Chennai beach MRTs could be handed over to Chennai metro

[@amodmishra3030]

How is light metro line different?

[@IndianGeek5589]

Except the MRTS one, all of these are still in planning stage and without funding.

[@KrishnaPrasad-oc1ez]

Chennai has the best and simplest metro way..soon it'll become number 1 in India.. Hyderabad is the worst ever metro they've built. Every IT park is dumped at Raidurg so from starting point to till raidurg the train overflows with people. At chennai we evenly distributed the tech parks in several places to achieve less traffic in metro

[@rsram9733]

If Chennai Metro, MRTS, Buses travels are integrated, definitely it will be bringing a remarkable change in the transport system in Tamilnadu.

[@apnajamesbond]

I travel by metro everyday and it is just so convenient. Saves time and my fuel spent and it's reasonably economical as well.

[@craditya]

What a wonderful job you have done! Loved the accuracy and the animation - and very futuristic and well planned video! You got a subscription from me!

[@rollsroyce4249]

Amazing video as always. Eager for your videos on other mega projects

[@MUHIL]

Nice!! I was waiting for this video! I love these kinda videos and your videos are also a good way for me to improve my hindi XD

[@gakatasintoki1881]

Any resources online that may help me learn any of the southern language? I want to learn Tamil (just for fun and my curiosity) but it seems intimidating.

[@-Tony-Gunk-]

​@@gakatasintoki1881 language curry app is a good place to start bro, nice to see you interest in my language

[@gakatasintoki1881]

@@-Tony-Gunk- thanks a ton man. My roommate in college was from Chennai and the poor soul tried his best speaking broken hindi even though you could get by using english. I really appreciate that. So wanna step into his shoes🤣

[@DuGGuDuGG]

Excellent presentation 🔥!! Love from chennai!!!❤

[@kishorevenkatesan9087]

Excellent details about Chennai metro..!!! Thanks for taking the suggestion..!!! Very well made ❤

[@krishnabalan8487]

You gathered some nice Data here bro, Kudos to your effort :)

[@AndrewPrem]

Very good informative video, hats off to the creator for the efforts🎉

[@dhruvgoel58]

Ethical and Strong Explaination with ease of Understanding as always. Great Job👍

[@deepakrajraj1419]

What a great information from your platform can't even get it from anywhere else good job

[@aaronnrodgers]

love that unlike almost all sytems, every single line of cennai metro, meets every single other line.

[@abhinavs4326]

actually chennai metro is not the most needed one if not for MTC buses getting overcrowded - he subrban rail is quite good especially the southern one which goes to beach . We have to upgrade the Suburban rail mainly tho the coaches are old but still well maintained (Old ICF coaches) . MRTS can be easily converted to a metro and better facilities be provdied coz it is connecting the entire posh southern madras region . Bus connectivity is anyway good so yes . The roads I feel are quite wide here so even cars go without much trouble but we have to plan for the future so yes.

[@IndianGeek5589]

Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai metros would like to have a word.

[@giri1478]

Thank u for a superb video It was very detailed and extensive. Thanks for eng subtitles - 🙂🙂 i hope to see Trams in chennai 🙏

[@annaktaknev]

One of the best videos on subject. Very informative and well presented. Good work.

[@rakeshtarun170]

WOW!!!!! Thank you so much for accepting my request regarding a video on Chennai Metro! Love from Chennai!💌

[@sylesh1306]

Thanks for adding subs

[@ahmedahamed8452]

Love my city Chennai ❤

[@VijayKumar-hx1dx]

I use metro for everyday transit to office from CMBT to Ekkatuthangal, my trip duration is 10 mins(Rs. 24/-), the same in bus takes 30-40 mins( Rs.15-20/-), metro is best option

[@Dhanuhammer]

FINALLY CHENNAI😍😍🥰

[@jaguarunleashed4935]

the quality levels of your videos are of global corporate level. very detailed and informative .

[@RONALDOLOKESH]

Proud to be from Singaara Chennai.. My City, my pride ❤ Jai Hind 💪

[@nomad_grj]

as an infrageek and railfan from chennai, i can confirm you got the facts right! really good informative video.

[@Rider_97]

People currently living in areas of phase 2 of cmrl are facing the wrath of traffic due to metro construction work. Esp reaching major IT parks like Tidel park, Ramanujam IT park, siruseri. It’s a huge challenge to reach office everyday🥲 But once it is completed metro will make life very easier.

[@Swagger17112]

“ Inconvenience today for a better tomorrow “ 😂

[@ShanjeiGuna]

subbed for the excellent quality of animation and presentation

[@niranjanprabhuk]

Nice video with very good details

[@-Tony-Gunk-]

Long waited your video on Chennai metro, awesome!

[@SundaramRambabu6479]

Super info great effort 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@sathiarajraj5857]

Superb sir for explaining

[@shIoksjaer]

i really wish you had a million subscribers.

[@arunachalamd2465]

Very accurate and informative 😃

[@natureadventuretravel3789]

Like from tamil nadu 🎉

[@metarus208]

thanks for including Chennai as well.

[@AmirkumarSRawool]

Video content was very detailed with additional necessary information. keep it up. increase the frequency of video on varies infrastructure topic but don't loosen your USP.

[@rajraninagpal1977]

Well done mayank ji we got knowledge about the history of Chennai rail thanks ❤

[@snitin1779]

Last video i watched your's was of Bangaluru metro i really liked that video don'n y yt stopped recommeding you anyway. Nice content

[@karankamat2087]

Always waiting for your videos. Very well researched.

[@tamsomajyotirgamaya-1660]

Superb explanation 👌Superb animation 👌

[@gauthamtr5192]

Your videos are simply stunning. Keep up the good work

[@nishath7932]

Super vedio brooooo 😊

[@rajapughazhendhi1169]

excellent video,,👌

[@sarath19in1]

Wow nice video of Chennai the old madras ❤

[@mariajesna]

Very informative

[@aravindanrangarajan1596]

Good presentation. One more info for you. In phase 2 the Alandur-Sr Thomas mount section of green line will be converted in to red line section. Green line will terminate at Alandur. This is a first

[@vickram9726]

Nailed it!!

[@gunamuthu9284]

Great video

[@praveennov]

Excellent

[@bharatham6910]

Good detailed Info, Good job, keep it up.👍

[@sureshprajapati206]

Chennai se hi hu bhai 😍

[@amannaikwade3118]

Bhai plz make one video on pune metro. Btw quality content ❤

[@kannanr936]

Thank you ji. I got information about my city

[@theyeshkumar2299]

Nice bro

[@tamsomajyotirgamaya-1660]

Superb video 👍

[@gamerinsaan5567]

After a long time metro information ❤

[@mohammedquthpudin133]

Im also one of this commuter from Thirumangalam to Wimco nagar depot metro.

[@Moonraker23]

A few exciting updates that came recently on sun news - the orange line (line 4) will have a station at the beach at the light house and in order to prevent flooding during tsunami's they have sensor vased flood gates that will automatically close and seal the station from water. Moreover, the lighthouse station has three levels, of which the bottom one will be used as a concourse for beach viewers. And the speciality of the interchange at the Karambakkam area is that- one pillar will support 5 tracks, 2 on each side and one more on the next level on top, something that's new in metro lines. A lot of interesting features, can't wait ❤❤❤

[@immortalwarrior2695]

I don't think Alundur should make a seperate floor. Use both St Thomas and Alundur station as cross platform interchange stations for red line. It would be great for India too. Set an example also

[@jaik9321]

best train connections (local) across India will be chennai city - it has 7 different lines in operational as of now (metro and conventional ) from British period these tracks are operating

[@akhilsharma5992]

Editing bro next level ❤❤ ...you can teach editing adipurush director too 😂😂

[@Anbu_Sampath]

Chennai metro, MRTS, MTC should plan for many multi modal hubs, so people can use interchange easily with single payment system.

[@jayashreee1]

There is a proposal for extension of orange line in west towards chennai new airport in sriperumbudur

[@rams9257]

which world are u in. New airport is not. Coming in sriperumbudur..that plan was dropped long ago

[@logarajans3558]

​@@rams9257parandur airport is coming

[@surendradhakar2373]

Bro you are doing excellent work ,but also make expressway and infrastructure video on second channel(keep on driving)❤❤👍🙏🙏🎉

[@sargonofakkad7997]

Excellent work sir

[@sriy2k7]

i live in chennai phase 1 metro is on inside main city coverage only. it didnt connect suburban areas. second thing is local suburban trains are very cheap, initial chennai metro runs at high tarrif gets poor patronage and so many high infrastructure like station size concourse level, platfrom screen doors, lifts, escalators are so much on less patronage stations leads high operating cost with less income. they delayed project and not well study on construction makes almost tripled construction cost. dpr submit says estimation of 9000 cr rupees. on starting stage it shoots up to 14000 cr rupees, on final finishing it goes upto 22000 cr rupees for only 55km lenght of network. in 2023 patronage pickup but not enough parking facility is big headache. on phase 2 metro it totally opposite. 3 and 6 car automated trains sets with third rail for power, so existing metro network is useless on route sharing on same track it leads separate station construction on alandur, and some other connectivity stations. tamilnadu govt also very poor on infrastructure development. chennai cmda build new cmbt bus terminus in kilambakkam area its almost finishing stage but no metro or local suburman network is there. from thiruvanmiyur to sholinganallur national highways and state highways are messed up with double Decker road bride with metro line. lastly they cancel it only build metro line. in future expansion of roads is zero possibility and bridge construction also not possible. another big headache is chennai population goes above 1.1 crore but in mtc have only 3500 buses, day by day ritered drivers increse leads increasing not operating buses parked on shed. currently 2500 mtc buses only running. this leads public use on their private vehicle makes big mess on every roads traffic. hope after finished of metro phase 2 mtc should increase bus capacity to reduce private vehicles on road otherwise chennai become another bangalore like snail dead slow traffic movement.

[@gowthampandiarajan6027]

Chennai metro phase 2 will use third rail? Did you even look at the DPR? Just that bit of misinformation alone negates your entire rant here. CMRL has been planning to run Phase 2 trains in Phase 1 tracks as well. That's why they are choosing blue colour for the new rolling stock as well. Your comment reeks of hate dude

[@dickcassidy2895]

Sir, make one video on Delhi metro

[@venkatsubramanian6771]

Best guide for CMRL

[@Ragunath21]

Why everybody is talking about connecting it parks? Chennai effectively connects all the major state owned hospitals through metro Central - RGGGH washermanpet - stanley Kilpauk - KMC hospital Govt. Estate - multispeciality hospital Thousand lights - Royapettah GH Being a medico, i found this to be an extreme advantage, since both healthcare workers and healthcare seekers could easily travel without inconvenience

[@IndianGeek5589]

First 4 correct, but existing thousand lights station is quite far from Royapettah GH. Though upcoming Royapettah metro station is right opposite the hospital. And people talk about IT parks more because people go there daily, rather than hospitals, and IT workers are more than medicos.

[@Pratosh-bm7sg]

i have been waiting for this video for so long

[@thodarundhupayanam5423]

chennai needs a massive upgradation of its S-Local networks....New S-lines eg. Avadi-Maraimalainagar...further development of new S-lines on the North western part of city is required....More over we need all public transport system of chennai to be Air conditionised.

[@omkarghulepatil0009]

Can you make detailed video like this on Pune metro ?

[@HimanshuSharma-jj7ml]

please make video for updated metro lines in delhi ncr because i heard that they are extending aqua line

[@saiprasad4904]

Make a video on hyderabad metro. 400+km metro line announced by the government

[@gulshanchaurasiya5628]

Bro I like your videos, please do video on Indore metro and Bhopal metro 😊

[@blackadam6468]

Interesting fact: CMRL to introduce driverless metro in Chennai metro phase 2

[@gobaraGanesh]

Thanks

[@gumnaamaadmi007]

First. :D Nice to see a new video from you guys again!

[@ShubhamKumar-vu9hw]

Please make video on Kolkata metro Expansion

[@newliferaises]

Very nice video

[@Fansofcrafting]

Phase 2 corridor 4 is best line everrr. Already double decker station have started construction and it is double decker stretch with single pillar