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See alsoChennai Rapid Bus Transit Ways, another planned bus transit system.

Chennai BRTS was a bus rapid transit system taken up as an integrated part ofCircular Corridor Project inIndia. Beginning atAdyar, the route will coverSaidapet, Jafferkanpet,Ramavaram,Puzhal,Manali,Chennai Central 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 was planned to run along the banks of Adyar river andBuckingham canal. The project was expected to be completed by 2013.^[1]

The BRTS system was supposed to be integrated with the Circular Corridor 1 of theHigh Speed Circular Corridors.^[2]

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

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 (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 (elevated, along the western banks of North Buckingham Canal)
• Chennai Central — Adyar (elevated, along the Buckingham canal and abutting the MRTS)

Tower structure was 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 the 2-tier and 3-tier system.

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

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

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.

November:

• Wilbur Smith Associates won the contract of TNUIFSL to prepare the feasibility study and DPR for the project.^[3]

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.^[4]
• Adyar Poonga Trust promises to resettle the displaced.^[5]

26 August:

• Feasibility study for the project was likely to be over by January 2010. Total Corridor length was 110 km.^[6]

• Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)
• Chennai Metro
• Chennai Elevated Expressways
• Chennai Monorail
• Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)

• Urban transit in Chennai
• Proposed bus rapid transit in India
• Elevated bus rapid transit
• Proposed infrastructure in Tamil Nadu

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