Chennai Bus Rapid Transit System

Chennai BRTS was a bus rapid transit system taken up as an integrated part of Circular Corridor Project in India. Beginning at Adyar, the route will cover Saidapet, Jafferkanpet, Ramavaram, Puzhal, Manali, Chennai Central Railway Station, Lighthouse and will return to Adyar. The corridor will cover a distance of. The route of the elevated BRTS corridor was planned to run along the banks of Adyar river and Buckingham canal. The project was expected to be completed by 2013.

Corridors

The BRTS system was supposed to be integrated with the Circular Corridor 1 of the High Speed Circular Corridors.Lighthouse — Adyar — IT corridor — Kundrathur — Madhuravoyal — Ennore — Vyasarpadi — Chennai Port — Lighthouse

Alignment

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

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

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

Thiru-vi-ka Bridge — Ramavaram
Ramavaram — NH-bypass
NH-bypass — Madhavaram
Madhavaram — TPP Road
TPP Road — Manali Oil Refinery
MOR — Chennai Central
Chennai Central — Adyar

Stations

Station type

Tower structure was proposed for the BRTS stations. Two types depending on the type of the corridor were proposed.

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

Station locations

21 bus stations were proposed for the first phase of the BRTS.

Corridor Name	Length	Number of Bus station	Bus station Name
Adyar Corridor	15.8 km	7	Adyar, West Canal Road, Kotturpuram, Saidapet, Jafferkhanpet, Nandambakkam, Porur
NH-Bypass Corridor	13 km	5	Porur, Madhuravoyal, Ambattur, NH-205 cross road, Puzhal
Northern IRR section	8 km	3	Madhavarm junction, Manjambakkam, TPP road junction
North B' Canal Corridor	12 km	6	Junction of Manali High Road and Buckingham Canal, interchange with Kamarajar Salai, Basin road, near Indian Oil Corporation bottling plant, Korukkupet, Basin Bridge, near central station
South B' Canal Corridor	-	4	at walajah Road junction, Triplicane, near Madaveli MRTS Station, Kotturpuram

Design speed

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

Integration of BRTS with other transits

The BRTS was proposed to be integrated with different modes of transits already existing or under construction or proposed for the city. Apart from that major roads were also to be integrated. The following is 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, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Arcot Road
Major railway stations	Chennai Central, Basin Bridge Junction
MRTS stations	Kotturpuram, Chepauk, Mandaveli
Metro stations	Saidapet, Jafferkhanpet

Project status

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 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 displaced.

26 August:

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