Chennai Central

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Chennai Central
Chennai Central
Chennai Central
Chennai Central
Side view of the station
Side view of the station
The Suburban terminus and reservation centre called Moore Market
The Suburban terminus and reservation centre called Moore Market
Inside the main station
Inside the main station
Chennai Central Station (Chennai)
Chennai Central Station
Chennai Central Station
Chennai Central Station (Chennai)

Chennai Central Railway Station in Chennai is the home to the Southern Railways and the most important rail hub in South India. Trains from here connect the city to other states of India, while trains to other parts of Tamil Nadu (excluding Coimbatore) are catered to by the Chennai Egmore station. Chennai Central is the main hub for the Chennai suburban railway. The building of the railway station, one of the landmarks of Chennai, was designed by the famous architect Henry Irwin.

This station is also noted for a whole range of amenities available within the premises. The station has book-shops, restaurants, accommodation, Internet browsing centers and even an essential commodities shopping mall. This station is completely Wi-Fi enabled. Recently, in 2005, the buildings were painted to a creamy yellow color, but concurring with the views of a campaign by citizens of Chennai and also to retain the old nostalgic charm, they were painted back to their original brick-red color, which was how the buildings were built originally.

Chennai Central serves as a symbolic landmark for people in South India as this served as the main gateway for all people who travelled to South India during British times. Chennai Central has been greatly instrumental in earning Chennai the famous sobriquet "Gateway of the South"

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[edit] Trains

Some of the trains from/to Chennai Central

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[edit] Trains originating at Chennai Central

[edit] Trains passing through Chennai Central

  • Alleppey-Coimbatore- Dhanbad/Tatanagar Express
  • Indore-Coimbatore-Trivandrum Ahilyanagari Express
  • Gorakhpur-Coimbatore-Trivandrum/Barauni-Coimbatore-Ernakulam Raptisagar Express
  • Trivandrum - Coimbatore - Korba Express
  • Coimbatore - Jaipur Express
  • Ernakulam - Coimbatore - Guwahati Express
  • Trivandrum - Coimbatore Guwahati Express
  • Bangalore - Guwahati Express
  • Bangalore - Rajendra Nagar(Patna) Sanghamitra Express
  • Muzaffarpur - Yeswantpur Express
  • Ernakulam - Coimbatore - Patna Express
  • Trivandrum - Coimbatore - Howrah(Shalimar) Express
  • Dhanbad - Coimbatore - Alappuzha Express

[edit] Layout

This station has 11 platforms to handle long distance trains and 3 platforms exclusively for suburban trains. The complex for suburban trains is popularly known as the Moore Market complex. There is a platform 2A between platforms 2 and 3; it is used to handle relatively short trains like the Rajdhani Exp., Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi, Bangalore/Mysore Shatabdis and the Gudur Passenger. Chennai Central used to have trains with special liveries until early 90's. The Brindavan Exp. used to have green livery with a yellow stripe running above and below the windows; Nilgiri Exp. (popularly known as Blue Mountain) had blue livery. All trains now have the standard blue livery (denoting Air-Braked bogies. Notable exceptions include the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi and Saptagiri/Tirupati Exp., which poses a vivid green / cream livery combination with a matching WAM4 6PE loco from Arakkonam(AJJ) electric loco shed.

The building to the west of the railway station is the Ripon building, which houses the Chennai Corporation. To the east of the station lies the Southern Railway headquarters.

[edit] Trivia

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  • It is a popular cliche/sentiment in erstwhile Tamil films to show the picture of Central to indicate that a character in the movie has entered the city, in spite of the fact that most of the trains from Tamil Nadu (except from Coimbatore, Erode areas) came to Egmore Station.

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[edit] See also

Chennai Central
Next station south:
n/a		 Chennai suburban railway: North line Next station north:
Basin Bridge
Stop number: 1 KM from starting: 0
These are the stations of Chennai suburban railway – North line
Chennai Central · Basin Bridge · Korukkupet · Tondiarpet · V.O.C. Nagar · Tiruvottiyur · Wimco Nagar · Kathivakkam · Ennore · Attipattu Pudunagar · Attipattu · Nandiambakkam · Minjur · Anuppampattu · Ponneri · Kavaraipettai · Gummidipundi · Elavur · Arambakkam · Tada · Akkampet · Sullurupetta
Chennai Central
Next station east:
n/a		 Chennai suburban railway: West line Next station west:
Basin Bridge
Stop number: 1 KM from starting: 0
These are the stations of Chennai suburban railway – West line
Chennai Central · Basin Bridge · Vyasarpadi Jeeva · Perambur · Perambur Carriage Works · Perambur Loco Works · Villivakkam · Korattur · Pattaravakkam · Ambattur · Thirumullaivoil · Annanur · Avadi · Hindu College · Pattabiram · Pattabiram E Depot · Thiruninravur · Veppampattu · Sevvapet Road · Puttlur · Tiruvallur · Egattur · Kadambattur · Senjipanambakkam · Manavur · Tiruvalangadu · Mosur · Puliyamangalam · Arakkonam · Tiruttani

Coordinates: 13°04′56″N, 80°16′31″E