Tiruchirappalli Metro

Proposed metro system for the city of Tiruchirappalli, India

Tiruchirappalli Metro
Overview
Locale	Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Transit type	Rapid Transit
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	45
Headquarters	Tiruchirappalli
Operation
Began operation	Proposed
Technical
System length	45 km (28 mi)

Tiruchirappalli Metro or Trichy Metro is a proposed rapid transit system for the city of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Initially the system was proposed as the Tiruchirappalli Monorail^[1] but after feasibility study it was recommended to be a metro rail project. The initial proposal recommended two lines of 45 km in length with 45 stations.^[2]

History

Then Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Brohit announced in the Legislative assembly during 2011 that the Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to do a feasibility study for introducing monorail system in Trichy along with Coimbatore and Madurai.^[1] But with the political changes in the state the project was without any progress. During 2022 the proposal was converted to study a mass transit system for the city and in 2023 it was proposed to build a full fledged metro for the city with two corridors.

Project timeline

2021

In October, Trichy Corporation initiates work on preparation of Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the city to study the traffic pattern and transportation infrastructure.^[3]

2022

In May, CMRL initiates Study for Detailed Feasibility Report ^[4]
In June, CMRL and Trichy Corporation held discussions on utilising the CMP data for the Metro DFR ^[5]

2023

In April, CMP work is completed and it suggested three potential corridors for the Metro with related traffic datapoints. ^[6]
In September, CRML submits the DFR to Tamil Nadu Government for further approval, which proposed a Mass Rapid Transit System for Trichy with 2 corridors from the CMP for a length of 45 kms. ^[7]

Corridors

Comprehensive Mobility Plan ^[8]

Corridor No	Line	From	To	Via	Length (km)
1	Line 1 (Orange)	Samayapuram	Vayalur	Srirangam, Chatram Bus Stand, Thillai Nagar	18.7
2	Line 2 (Green)	Thuvakudi	Panjapur	Thiruverumbur, Central Bus Stand	26
3	Line 3 (Purple)	Trichy Railway Junction	Panjapur	Trichy Airport, Trichy Ring Road	23.3
Total					68

Detailed Feasibility Report

Proposed Metro Rail Routes in Trichy based on Feasibility study^[9]

Trichy Metro
Corridor No	From	To	Roads	Via	Length (km)	Stations
1	Samayapuram	Vayalur			19	19
2	Thuvakudi	Panjapur			26	26
Total					45	45

References

^ ^a ^b S. Ganesan (5 June 2011). "Residents welcome study on mono rail system". The Hindu. Tiruchi. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ "Feasibility report on MRTS in Tiruchy, Tirunelveli and Salem submitted". The New Indian Express. The New Indian Express. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Comprehensive mobility plan for Trichy complete". The Times of India. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Rustagi, Abha (30 April 2022). "6 firms bid for MRTS feasibility in Salem, Tiruchirappalli & Tirunelveli". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Reporter, Staff (31 March 2023). "Trichy Corporation Proposes Three Metro Rail Corridors to Transform City's Transportation Landscape". Metro Rail News.
^ "3 high-demand metro corridors listed in Trichy Corp's mobility plan". www.constructionworld.in.
^ "Feasibility report on MRTS in Tiruchy, Tirunelveli and Salem submitted". The New Indian Express.
^ "Three potential metro corridors identified for Trichy city". The Times of India. 29 March 2023.
^ "2 metro corridors proposed in Trichy". The Times of India. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

External links

Transport in Tiruchirappalli

Companies
and
organisations

Transport for Tiruchirappalli	Buses Southern Railway Proposed: Trichy Metro Tiruchirappalli Bus Rapid Transit System
Bus operators	TNSTC (Kumbakonam) State Express Transport Corporation Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KPN Travels
Train operators	Tiruchirappalli railway division Tiruchirappalli Monorail
Other	Diesel Loco Shed Golden Rock Railway Workshop Tiruchirappalli Bicycle Share (Dropped)

Airport

Main	Tiruchirappalli International Airport

Rail

Major terminus	Tiruchirappalli Junction
City/suburban stations	Tiruchirappalli Palakkarai Tiruchirappalli Fort Golden Rock Manjattidal Thiruverumbur Tiruchirappalli Town Srirangam Uttamar Kovil Pichandar Kovil Kumaramangalam

Road

National highways	NH 45 NH 45B NH 67 NH 210 NH 227
State highways	SH 25 SH 26 SH 30 SH 62 SH 71 SH 71A SH 142 SH 161 SH U9 SH U11 SH U89 SH U132 SH U133 SH U134
District roads	MD 12 MD 177 MD 197 MD 244 MD 277 MD 278 MD 306 MD 337 MD 371 MD 380 MD 416 MD 460 MD 461 MD 487 MD 608 MD 628 MD 729 MD 821 MD 822 MD 823 MD 824 MD 899 MD 1004
Grade separators/junctions	TVS Tollgate Mannarpuram Palpannai

Bus

Main terminus	Central Bus Station Chatram Bus Station

Category
Commons

Urban rail transit in India

Suburban
rail

Operational	Chennai Suburban Railway Delhi Suburban Railway Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System Kolkata Suburban Railway Lucknow Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Mumbai Suburban Railway Pune Suburban Railway
Under construction	Bengaluru Suburban Railway Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System
Planned	Ahmedabad Suburban Railway Nagpur broad-gauge Metro
Proposed	Delhi–Alwar Regional Rapid Transit System Delhi–Sonipat–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System

Rapid
transit

Operational	Agra Metro Ahmedabad Metro Bengaluru Metro Chennai Metro Chennai MRTS Delhi Metro Hyderabad Metro Jaipur Metro Kanpur Metro Kochi Metro Kolkata Metro Lucknow Metro Mumbai Metro Nagpur Metro Navi Mumbai Metro Noida Metro Pune Metro Rapid Metro Gurgaon
Under construction	Bhoj Metro (Bhopal) Indore Metro Patna Metro Surat Metro
Planned	Bhubaneswar Metro Chandigarh Metro Coimbatore Metro Gorakhpur Metro Guwahati Metro Jabalpur Metro Ludhiana Metro Meerut Metro Varanasi Metro
Proposed	Bareilly Metro Jammu Metro Ranchi Metro Srinagar Metro Thane Metro Madurai Metro Trichy Metro

Monorail

Operational	Mumbai Monorail
Planned	Chennai Monorail
Proposed	Aizawl Monorail Bengaluru Monorail Bhubaneswar Monorail Indore Monorail Kanpur Monorail Kolkata Monorail Patna Monorail Pune Monorail Tiruchirappalli Monorail Warangal Monorail

Metrolite

Planned	Chennai Metrolite Delhi Metrolite Gorakhpur Metro Greater Nashik Metro Kolkata Light Rail Transit Kozhikode Light Metro Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro
Proposed	Prayagraj Metro Visakhapatnam Metro Uttarakhand Metro

Tram

Operational	Kolkata Tram
Defunct	Bhavnagar Tram Chennai Tram Delhi Tram Kanpur Tram Kochi Tram Mumbai Tram Nashik Tram Patna Tram

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

Zones and divisions

South Central	Hyderabad Secunderabad
South Coast	Guntakal Guntur Vijayawada Waltair
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hubli Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chennai–Thanjavur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Kothavalasa–Kirandul Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mysore–Bangalore Mysore–Chamarajanagar Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Manmad Tenali–Repalle Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari Vijayawada–Nidadavolu Viluppuram–Tiruchirappalli
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Sections	Duvvada–Vijayawada Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Nandyal Guntakal–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Hassan–Bangalore Kazipet–Vijayawada Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagpur–Secunderabad Nallapadu–Nandyal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Pagidipalli–Nallapadu Secunderabad–Dhone Shoranur–Cochin Harbour Shoranur–Mangalore Solapur–Guntakal Vijayawada–Gudur Vijayawada–Guntur
Inactive	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Railway companies

Active	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) Konkan Railway Corporation (KRCL) Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTCL) Kerala Rail Development Corporation (KRDC)
Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway