CMRL - Chennai Metro Rail Limited - in the presence of senior officials from CMRL, General Consultants, M/s AEON Consortium, and ITD Cementation - launched the TBM Pelican (S1075B) that will drive the 2.1km Corridor 4 section from Panagal Park Station to Kodambakkam Powerhouse Ramp (upline).
The TBM will tunnel at a maximum depth of 18.5m from ground level and it will complete this stretch by end of December 2024. The TBM will pass through North Usman Road flyover and Kodambakkam flyover. The retrieved TBM will then start tunnelling from Panagal Park towards Boat Club Station.
TBM Peacock (S1074B) - the second machine for UG02 Package - will commence its journey on April 1, 2024, from Panagal Park to Kodambakkam Powerhouse Ramp retrieving shaft in Downline.
A total of four TBMs will be utilized to construct metro stations and tunnels in the two Corridor 4 packages UG01 (Light House to Bharathidasan Road) & UG02 (Bharathidasan Road to Kodambakkam Powerhouse Ramp) bagged by ITD Cementation India Limited.
The first two TBM’s namely Flamingo and Eagle have already been launched from Light House Station towards Thirumayilai Metro Station: TBM Flamingo on the Down Line on the 1st September 2023 and TBM Eagle on the Upline on the 18th January 2024.
Chennai Metro Rail Phase II Corridor 4 is a 26.1km East-West alignment connecting the beachfront from Light House station to Poonamallee Depot with 27 stations: 9 underground and 18 elevated stations. Corridor 4 underground part stretch's over 10 km from the Lighthouse, passes through Chennai's oldest areas like Mylapore, Kutchery Road to new and upmarket areas like Alwarpet, Bharatidasan, Boat Club, Panagal Park & Kodambakkam.
CMRL has commenced the expansion of the Chennai city’s metro rail network as part of Phase 2 after the successful completion of the Phase 1 and Phase 1 Extension Corridors in stages since June 2015 and the growing ridership in Corridors 1 & 2. Now, CMRL has ventured into an extensive infrastructure development in the city comprising of 3 more corridors of metro rail for a total length of 116.1 km with 119 metro stations.
For further information on the project in the tunnelbuilder archive click here and in/40. Visit https://chennaimetrorail.org. 05/24.
