Chennai Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is a new rapid transit project taken up as an integrated part of Circular Corridor Project

Chennai HSCTC

Chennai High Speed Circular Transportation Corridors is an urban road transit in the form of elevated concentric beltways planned for the city of Chennai. The beltways are envisaged as an elevated 2-tier system with design speed of 80 km/h. The top tier is a 2-lane dedicated corridor for the...

. Beginning at Adyar, the route will cover Saidapet

Saidapet

Saidapet is an important neighbourhood in Chennai , India. The Saidapet Court, the only other court of judicature in Chennai city apart from the Madras High Court and the Saidapet bus depot are located here...

, Jafferkanpet, Ramavaram, Puzhal

Puzhal

Puzhal is a town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is well known for Puzhal central prison.Puzhal is located on the banks of Red Hills Lake.-Demographics:...

, Manali, Chennai Central

Chennai Central

Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...

 Railway Station, Lighthouse and will return to Adyar. The corridor will cover a distance of 70.3 kilometres (43.7 mi). The route of the elevated BRTS corridor will run along the banks of Adyar river and Buckingham canal

Buckingham Canal

The Buckingham Canal is a long fresh water navigation canal, running parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh to Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu. The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai...

. The project is expected to be completed by 2013.

Corridors

The BRTS system is integrated with the Circular Corridor 1 of the High Speed Circular Corridors

Chennai HSCTC

Chennai High Speed Circular Transportation Corridors is an urban road transit in the form of elevated concentric beltways planned for the city of Chennai. The beltways are envisaged as an elevated 2-tier system with design speed of 80 km/h. The top tier is a 2-lane dedicated corridor for the...

.

• Lighthouse — Adyar — IT corridor — Kundrathur — Madhuravoyal — Ennore — Vyasarpadi — Chennai Port — Lighthouse (Outer ellipse, Longest) [70.3 km]

Alignment

The Exclusive BRTS lane is proposed to be integrated with the circular corridor 1. Two different types are under consideration.

• Along the median of the 6-lane single-tier system.
• On top of the 6-lane two-tier system. BRTS 2-lanes is proposed on the top tier and 4-lane for general traffic at the bottom second tier.

The following is the general alignment of the entire BRTS corridor. This is alignment of the entire BRTS corridor.

• Thiru-vi-ka Bridge — Ramavaram (elevated, along the median of circular corridor or top tiers)
• Ramavaram — NH-bypass (elevated, grade separated, beneath the circular corridor 1)
• NH-bypass — Madhavaram(elevated, along NH-bypass median)
• Madhavaram — TPP Road (elevated, along the median of IRR)
• TPP Road — Manali Oil Refinery(MOR) (elevated, along the median of Manali Oil Refinery Road (MORR)
• MOR — Chennai Central
  Chennai Central
  Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...
  
   (elevated, along the western banks of North Buckingham Canal)
• Chennai Central
  Chennai Central
  Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...
  
   — Adyar (elevated, along the Buckingham canal and abutting the MRTS)

Station Type

Tower structure have been proposed for the BRTS stations. Two types depending on the type of the corridor [single or more tiers] were proposed.

• Towers along the median of the 6-lane single tier system.
• Towers along the curb-side for 2-tier and 3-tier system.

Station Locations

21 bus stations have been proposed for the first phase of the BRTS.

Adyar Corridor (15.8 km) - 7 bus stations

1. Adyar
2. West Canal Road
3. Kotturpuram
4. Saidapet
5. Jafferkhanpet
6. Nandambakkam
7. Porur

NH-Bypass Corridor (13 km) - 5 bus stations

1. Porur
2. Madhuravoyal
3. Ambattur (Mogappiar)
4. NH-205 cross road
5. Puzhal

Northern IRR section (8 km) - 3 bus stations

1. Madhavarm junction
2. Manjambakkam
3. TPP road junction.

North B' Canal Corridor (12 km) - 6 bus stations

1. Junction of Manali High Road and Buckingham Canal
2. interchange with Kamarajar Salai – Basin road
3. near Indian Oil Corporation bottling plant
4. Korukkupet
5. Basin Bridge
6. near central station

Basin Bridge to periyar salai junction will have not have exclusive bus lanes due to space constrain.

South B' Canal Corridor - 3 bus stations

1. at walajah Road junction
2. Triplicane
3. near Madaveli MRTS Station

Design Speed

The speed design for the BRTS corridor is proposed to be 60 km/h - 70 km/h.

Integration of BRTS with other Transits

The BRTS is proposed to be integrated with different modes of transits already existing or under construction or proposed for the city. Apart from that major roads are also be to be integrated. The following a list of locations of BRTS integrating different modes of Transport in Chennai city.

Major roads

• IT corridor extension via West canal bank road
• Gandhimandapam / TurnBulls road
• Anna Salai
• Jawaharlal Nehru road(IRR)
• Mount-Poonamallee road
• Arcot road

Major railway stations

• Chennai Central
• Basin Bridge Junction

MRTS stations

• Kotturpuram
• Chepauk
• Mandaveli

Metro stations

• Saidapet (Metro corridor 1)
• Jafferkhanpet (Metro corridor 2)

2008

November:

• Wilbur Smith Associates won the contract of TNUIFSL to prepare the feasibility study and DPR for the project.

2009

28 May:

• DPR, cost estimates, work drawings and bid documents for the first leg of BRTS on Adyar corridor of the Chennai High Speed Circular Corridors (HSCC) was released to the public.
• Public consultation will be held soon.

3 June:

• Residents oppose the project as they will be displaced for the project.
• Adyar Poonga Trust promises to resettle the displace.

26 August:

• Feasibility study for the project is likely to be over by January 2010. Total Corridor length is 110 km.

See also

• High Speed Circular Corridor
  Chennai HSCTC
  Chennai High Speed Circular Transportation Corridors is an urban road transit in the form of elevated concentric beltways planned for the city of Chennai. The beltways are envisaged as an elevated 2-tier system with design speed of 80 km/h. The top tier is a 2-lane dedicated corridor for the...
  
  
• Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)
  Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)
  The Chennai MRTS is an elevated line of the urban mass rapid transit system in Chennai , India. The line currently runs within the city from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 25 km with 21 stations...
  
  
• Chennai Metro
  Chennai Metro
  The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Phase I of the project consisting of two corridors is under construction. The elevated section of the project is scheduled to be operational by 2013 and the entire project is scheduled to be completed by the financial...
  
  
• Chennai Elevated Expressways
  Chennai Elevated Expressways
  Chennai Elevated Expressways is a Road Network Development Scheme of the Second Master Plan by CMDA for the Chennai city.- Corridors :A total of 5 Elevated Corridors have been proposed as a medium-term Scheme....
  
  
• Chennai Monorail
  Chennai Monorail
  - History :The Tamil Nadu Government invited bids for the over-ambitious 'Elevated Monorail Mass Rapid Transit System' monorail project covering over 300 km to be implemented at a single phase in February 2006...
  
  
• Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)
  Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)
  - External links :* * * *...
  
  
• List of MTC bus routes