Chennai Metro | CMRL plans a Metro rail museum at Choultry at Central
Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) in a bid to preserve heritage will soon convert structure opposite Chennai Central Railway Station into a metro rail museum. So those walking inside the 230-year-old Sir Ramasamy Mudaliar choultry, they will walk straight into history. They will get to see how the heritage blends with modern cities. This will happen the doors are open of the 230-year-old Sir Ramasamy Mudaliar Choultry. The hi-tech museum is part of the Rs 400 crore Central Square project on Poonamallee High Road. Visitors will get a 360-degree tour of the cutting-edge technology that has been employed in making the city’s modern transit system. Metro official shares that an agency will take care of preliminary work. This includes inviting tenders for the museum after Central Metro becomes completely running by near the beginning of 2019. The building will be restored to the original shape before setting up a museum. But all this work will only begin once constructi...