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Tiruchirappalli Metrorail
Overview
Locale	Tiruchirappalli,Tamil Nadu
Transit type	Metrorail (project on going)
Headquarters	Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli Metrorail was a proposed monorail system for the city ofTiruchirappalli,Tamil Nadu, part of a major expansion ofpublic transport in the city.

As of March 2021^[update] the proposal was still only on paper.^[1] After a feasibility study, it was replaced by a rail project, theTiruchirappalli Metro.^[2]

As the monorail market is estimated to be₹72,000 crore (US$8.5 billion) in India,^[3] the thenGovernor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Brohit announced inLegislative assembly that the Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to do a feasibility study for introducing monorail system in Tiruchi along withSalem Metro,Madurai Metro,^[4] andTirunelveli.

The government has earmarked a sum of about₹60,000 crore (US$7.1 billion) formetro and monorail projects in Tamil Nadu.^[5]

A faculty member fromSASTRA, usingGeographical Information System (GIS) tools, had worked out a proposal for a suburban railway route linking theSrirangam Island with Tiruchirapalli and its suburbs.

The proposal suggested circular operation in the following routes:

• Srirangam → Amma Mandapam →Tiruchirappalli Fort →Palakkarai →Railway Junction →Golden Rock →Tiruchirappalli Town →Srirangam
• Railway Junction → Palakkarai → Fort → Amma Mandapam → Srirangam → Town → Golden Rock → Railway Junction.

The proposal also suggested a new rail link betweenChord line and Tiruchirapalli-Karur railway lines, Via. Amma Mandapam and also a possible extension toKailasapuram (BHEL) andBikshandarkovil neighbourhoods. There is no decision on extending the line to cover theCentral andChathiram bus stations and theTiruchirappalli International Airport.^[6]

• Proposed monorails in India
• Rail transport in Tiruchirappalli
• Proposed infrastructure in Tamil Nadu

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