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.
The Exclusive BRTS lane was proposed to be integrated with the circular corridor 1. Two different types were under consideration.
The following was the general alignment of the entire BRTS corridor. This was the alignment of the entire BRTS corridor.

Station Type

Tower structure was proposed for the BRTS stations. Two types depending on the type of the corridor were proposed.
21 bus stations were proposed for the first phase of the BRTS.
Adyar Corridor - 7 bus stations
  1. Adyar
  2. West Canal Road
  3. Kotturpuram
  4. Saidapet
  5. Jafferkhanpet
  6. Nandambakkam
  7. Porur
NH-Bypass Corridor - 5 bus stations
  1. Porur
  2. Madhuravoyal
  3. Ambattur
  4. NH-205 cross road
  5. Puzhal
Northern IRR section - 3 bus stations
  1. Madhavarm junction
  2. Manjambakkam
  3. TPP road junction.
North B' Canal Corridor - 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
South B' Canal Corridor - 3 bus stations
  1. at walajah Road junction
  2. Triplicane
  3. near Madaveli MRTS Station
  4. 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 be to be integrated. The following is a list of locations of BRTS integrating different modes of Transport in Chennai city.
Major roads
Major railway stations
MRTS stations
Metro stations

2008

November:
28 May:
3 June:
26 August: