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Coimbatore Monorail

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Transit type
  
straddle-beam Monorail

Top speed
  
80 km/h (50 mph)

Locale
  
Coimbatore

Number of stations
  
24

Headquarters
  
Coimbatore

Average speed
  
65 km/h

Number of lines
  
3

Coimbatore Monorail is the proposed monorail system for the city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

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History

The Government of Tamil Nadu proposed a metro rail system for Coimbatore. However, in 2011, the plan was shelved in favor of a monorail system.

In January 2017, a Coimbatore District Administration official told the The Hindu that there was no mass rapid system presently under consideration for Coimbatore.

Network

Three monorail routes have been proposed.

  • Northern Route: Gandhipuram → Ganapathy → Sivanandha Colony → Saibaba Colony → RS Puram → Townhall → Railway station → Gandhipuram.
  • Southern Route: Podanur → Trichy Road → Sungam → Red Fields → Race Course → Railway Station → Ukkadam → Podanur +vellalore
  • Linear Line: Chinniampalayam → Airport → CODISSIA → PSG Tech → Lakshmi Mill Junction → Gandhipuram → North Coimbatore → Cowley Brown Road → Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

    • Vadavalli and Thondamuthur were included in the linear line as part of the phase extension.

    References

    Coimbatore Monorail Wikipedia
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