The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) is set to conduct a feasibility study to construct a new railway line along the under-construction Chennai Peripheral Ring Road (CPRR).
The railway line will cater to passenger and freight transport and will be studied under the World Bank-funded Chennai City Partnership. The government will implement the new railway line project if the feasibility study is successful.
The CPRR is being constructed by the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) for 133 km crossing three districts to connect Ennore Port and Mahabalipuram. The CPRR will be the fourth ring road for the city after the Inner Ring Road, Chennai Bypass, and Outer Ring Road.
