Chennai: The Washermanpet-DMS stretch of the Chennai Metro Rail will be operational by January-end, CMRL officials, who met the media on Saturday, said. This is the last stretch of Phase-1 and will allow people to reach the airport from north Chennai in 45 minutes.
“The phase one extension project that links Washermanpet with Tiruvottiyur and Wimco Nagar will be open for the public by June 2020. Not only that, all the pending safety work in this last line of phase one between AG-DMS and Washermanpet stations will be completed at the earliest,” Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) - Bengaluru circle, K.A Manoharan said.
He said this after undertaking the safety inspection of the final line of Chennai Metro Rail Ltd’s (CMRL’s) phase one project connecting AG-DMS and Washermanpet stations on Saturday, starting the process from Washermanpet station. “After the safety inspection is completed and all the drawbacks sorted out, the opening date of the line for the public will be announced which will be most probably in a week,” he assured.
The inauguration of this stretch will mark the end of the Rs 14,600 crore phase one project covering a total of 45 kms stretching from Washermanpet to the Chennai Airport.
