Chennai Bus Rapid Transit System

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See also Chennai Rapid Bus Transit Ways, another planned bus transit system.
Chennai BRTS
Overview
Locale Chennai
Transit typeElevated Bus rapid transit
Number of lines1
Number of stations21 (1st phase)
Technical
System length70.3 kilometres (43.7 mi)

Chennai BRTS was a bus rapid transit system taken up as an integrated part of Circular Corridor Project in India. Beginning at Adyar, the route will cover Saidapet, Jafferkanpet, Ramavaram, Puzhal, Manali, Chennai Central Railway Station, Lighthouse and will return to Adyar. The corridor will cover a distance of 70.3 kilometres (43.7 mi). The route of the elevated BRTS corridor was planned to run along the banks of Adyar river and Buckingham canal. The project was expected to be completed by 2013. [1]

Contents

Corridors

The BRTS system was supposed to be integrated with the Circular Corridor 1 of the High Speed Circular Corridors. [2]

Alignment

The Exclusive BRTS lane was proposed to be integrated with the circular corridor 1. Two different types were under consideration.

The following was the general alignment of the entire BRTS corridor. This was the alignment of the entire BRTS corridor.

Stations

Station type

Tower structure was proposed for the BRTS stations. Two types depending on the type of the corridor [single or more tiers] were proposed.

Station locations

21 bus stations were proposed for the first phase of the BRTS.

Corridor NameLengthNumber of Bus stationBus station Name
Adyar Corridor15.8 km7Adyar, West Canal Road, Kotturpuram, Saidapet, Jafferkhanpet, Nandambakkam, Porur
NH-Bypass Corridor13 km5Porur, Madhuravoyal, Ambattur (Mogappiar), NH-205 cross road, Puzhal
Northern IRR section8 km3Madhavarm junction, Manjambakkam, TPP road junction
North B' Canal Corridor12 km6Junction of Manali High Road and Buckingham Canal, interchange with Kamarajar Salai,

Basin road, near Indian Oil Corporation bottling plant, Korukkupet, Basin Bridge, near central station

South B' Canal Corridor-4at walajah Road junction, Triplicane, near Madaveli MRTS Station, Kotturpuram

Design speed

The speed design for the BRTS corridor was proposed to be 60 km/h - 70 km/h.

Integration of BRTS with other transits

The BRTS was proposed to be integrated with different modes of transits already existing or under construction or proposed for the city. Apart from that major roads were also to be integrated. The following is a list of locations of BRTS integrating different modes of Transport in Chennai city.

BRTS and Transits
Major roadsIT corridor extension via West Canal Bank Road, Gandhimandapam / TurnBulls Road,
Anna Salai, Jawaharlal Nehru Road (IRR), Mount-Poonamallee Road, Arcot Road
Major railway stationsChennai Central, Basin Bridge Junction
MRTS stationsKotturpuram, Chepauk, Mandaveli
Metro stationsSaidapet (Metro corridor 1), Jafferkhanpet (Metro corridor 2)

Project status

2008

November:

2009

28 May:

3 June:

26 August:

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