Multi-modal transport hub in Velachery remains unexplored.

The setting up of the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) has raised Velachery residents’ hopes of getting a multi-modal transport facility similar to the one available in Tambaram.

The residents say the shifting of the Vijaynagar bus terminus near the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) Velachery railway station would pave the way for creating a multi-modal transport hub for the thousands of commuters. However, the reluctance of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) to shift the bus terminus or even operate a portion of the buses from the railway station has resulted in the commuters being denied the multi modal link. At present a few bus services bound for Ambattur Industrial Estate (route no. D70) are being operated from the Velachery railway station. 

THE HINDU