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Monorail or Metro Rail: the pros and cons [1]

There are 20 monorail systems in Asia; Metro networks are in operation in 178 cities around the world
CHENNAI: With the State government recently announcing a proposal to construct a crisscrossing network of monorail corridors in the city that would be 300 km in length, Chennai has been put on the road to having the largest and most extensive monorail network in the world.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2011
Ajai Sreevatsan [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Chennai (T) [5], Mono Rail [6], Japan [7], Metro [8], Rail Transport [9], Urbanisation [10]
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