Velachery - St. Thomas Mount MRTS extension project gets provisional safety certificate for train operation

The Mass Rapid Transit strategy (MRTS) hold task betwixt Velachery and St. Thomas Mount railway presumption has yet received a provisional information certificate from the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) for operating suburban trains but with velocity restrictions connected immoderate portions.

CCRS Janak Kumar Garg issued the provisional certificate dated March 11, 2026 and directed that bid operations connected the up and down lines betwixt Velachery and St. Thomas Mount station, covering a magnitude of 4.49 kilometres, beryllium made operational arsenic per the Railways Act, 1989. However, helium directed railway officials to support velocity restrictions, with the maximum permissible velocity capped astatine 55 kilometres per hr connected the main enactment and 15 kmph portion negotiating turns.