THESIS TOPIC

REDEVELOPMEN
T OF METRO AND
MRTS CORRIDOR
SPACES

 714917251004

22-12-
2021
INTRODUCTION :
The Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, a state-owned subsidiary of Indian Railways, is a
metropolitan elevated railway line in Chennai, India. Operated by the Southern Railways, it is the first 
elevated railway line in India and also the country's longest elevated corridor spanning 17 km. Although it
is segregated from the Chennai Suburban Railway, they both are operated by Southern Railway and are
integrated in a wider urban rail network. Built at a cost of ₹ 15,710 million, the line runs within the city
limits from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 19.34 km (12.02 mi) with 18 stations,
with an average daily ridership of 100,000 commuters. Connecting the central business area of old Madras
with the IT corridor, the section has a potential capacity of 425,000 passengers a day. 

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC :

TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OR TOD IS A TYPE OF COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDE A MIXTURE OF HOUSING,OFFICE,RETAIL
AND / OR OTHER AMENITIES.

IT ALSO A UNIQUE OPPURTUNITIES FOR INDIAN CITIES TO MEET THE

CHALLENGE OF RAPID MOTORIZATION.
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION:

INDIA IS WITNESSING RAPID URBANIZATION. IT IS THE

INEVITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. ACCORDING TO
2011 CENSUS, 377 MILLION INDIANS COMPRISING 31.14

GROWING CITIES IN INDIA ARE POWERFUL WHICH

RESULTS IN A SHIFT OF RURAL POPULATION TO URBAN
AREAS.THIS SITUATION CAUSE WORK ON LOW WAGES
AND CITU DOES NOT OFFER SUFFICIENT AFFORDABLES
HOUSING WHICH RESULTS IN SLUM.

VERY FEW HAVE THE LUXURY OF STAYING CLOSE TO THE

PLACE OF WORK. BUT THOSE WHO TRAVEL LONG GO
INTO MANY PROBLEMS.

A GOOD TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS A LOT TO OFFER A

GROWING CITY. IT GIVES PEOPLE MORE CHOICES ABOUT
HOW THEY WANT TO GET AROUND.
WHY I CHOOSE
MRTS ?
HOWEVER AFTER TWO DECADES AFTER SOTHERN
RAILWAYS AND THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT
DEVELOPED THE CHENNAI BEACH-VELACHERY MRTS
NETWORK MOST OF THE 18 STATIONS HAVE SHADIEST
STRUCTURES.
WITH MULTIPLE ENTRY AND EXIST POUNTS, POOR
LIGHTNING AND ZERO POLICE PATROLLING THE STAIONS
HAVE ATTRACTED SOCIAL ANTI SOCIAL ELEMENTS WHO
FIND IT EASY TO TARGET PASSENGERS.

OVER THE LAST DECADES , AS THE IT TECH PARKS ON OLD

MAHABALIPURAM ROAD HAVE EXPANDED, ROAD TRAFFIC
IN THIS AREA HAS BECOME WORSE. AS MRTS SURGE INTO A
CHEAPER AND FASTER MODE OF TRANSPORT.

I TO HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE IN THIS STATION DURING MY

COLLEGE TIMES.
 WHAT ARE SOME WAYS I WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM

PEDESTRAIN & NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT (NMT)

FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

CONNECTIVITY NETWORK DENSITY

MULTI-MODAL INTERCHANGE

INDUCING MODAL SHIFT

PLACEMAKING AND ENSURING SAFETY

“Every Time To Get Late At Work I Think Twice
Before Taking An MRTS Train Though I Have
To Travel Just Four Stations Away”

- S.Lalitha Works Thiruvanmiyur

lives in Mandaveli

THANK
YOU