Chennai Metro Rail second stretch connecting Little Mount and the airport inaugurated
The second stretch of the Chennai Metro Rail, connecting Little Mount and the airport, was thrown open to the public on Wednesday Sep 21,2016, with its inauguration by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through video conferencing.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa delivers a special address at the inauguration
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu flags off the train at the Airport Metro Station
The second stretch covers 8.6 km with six stations — Little Mount, Guindy, Alandur, Nanganallur Road, Meenambakkam and Chennai airport. Alandur station will be a junction with two levels linking the stretches — Koyambedu to Alandur (upper level) and Little Mount to Chennai airport (lower level).
With opening of second stretch, now,19 km of Chennai Metro will be operational of the total 45 km in phase I project
Two women drivers M Hamsaveni and A Nalini to steer the first two trains
Chennai Metro started its first service in 9 km stretch from Koyambedu to Alandur in June 2015
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