Chennai MRTS and Metro Rail have been merged by Indian Railways
Due to conflicts between the Tamil Nadu government and IR's Southern Railway (SR) overland acquisition to lay a new MRTS line between Beach and Park Stations the plan to integrate MRTS with Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) was put on hold after 2018. That issue will not be connected to Metro's acquisition of MRTS. Every year MRTS has reported an operational loss of Rs 100 crore.