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Tiruchirappalli Metrorail

Overview
Locale	Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Transit type	Metrorail (project on going)
Headquarters	Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli Metrorail was a proposed monorail system for the city of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, part of a major expansion of public transport in the city.

As of March 2021 the proposal was still only on paper. After a feasibility study, it was replaced by a rail project, the Tiruchirappalli Metro.

Overview

As the monorail market is estimated to be ₹72,000 crore (US$8.4 billion) in India, the then Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Brohit announced in Legislative assembly that the Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to do a feasibility study for introducing monorail system in Tiruchi along with Salem Metro, Madurai Metro, and Tirunelveli.

Cost

The government has earmarked a sum of about ₹60,000 crore (US$7.0 billion) for metro and monorail projects in Tamil Nadu.

Network

A faculty member from SASTRA, using Geographical Information System (GIS) tools, had worked out a proposal for a suburban railway route linking the Srirangam Island with Tiruchirapalli and its suburbs.

The proposal suggested circular operation in the following routes:

Srirangam → Amma Mandapam → Tiruchirappalli Fort → Palakkarai → Railway Junction → Golden Rock → Tiruchirappalli Town → Srirangam
Railway Junction → Palakkarai → Fort → Amma Mandapam → Srirangam → Town → Golden Rock → Railway Junction.

The proposal also suggested a new rail link between Chord line and Tiruchirapalli-Karur railway lines, Via. Amma Mandapam and also a possible extension to Kailasapuram (BHEL) and Bikshandarkovil neighbourhoods. There is no decision on extending the line to cover the Central and Chathiram bus stations and the Tiruchirappalli International Airport.

References

"Stalin accuses AIADMK of copying DMK's manifesto". Times Of India. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
"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.
T E Narasimhan (25 January 2010). "Scomi eyes partners for monorail projects". Business Standard. Chennai. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
V. S. Palaniappan (4 June 2011). "Mono rail proposal revives Coimbatore's hopes for better city transport". The Hindu. Coimbatore. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
"Jayalalithaa plans perfect future for Tamil Nadu". The Asian Age. Chennai. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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.

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 Bhubaneswar Metro
Planned	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
Proposed	Aizawl Monorail Bengaluru Monorail Bhubaneswar Monorail Indore Monorail Kanpur Monorail Kolkata Monorail Patna Monorail Pune Monorail Tiruchirappalli Monorail Warangal Monorail
Cancelled	Chennai 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 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

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

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

Workshops

Depots

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

Lines

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

Suburban and metro

Operational

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

Proposed

Railway companies

Accidents
and incidents

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