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Coordinates: 13°04′57″N 80°16′30″E
Chennai Central railway station

Chennai Central, officially known as the Puratchi
Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.
railway station (station code: MAS), is the main railway Ramachandran Central Railway
terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is Station
the busiest railway station in South India and one of the
most important hubs in the country. It is connected to Chennai Central
Moore Market Complex railway station, Puratchi Thalaivar Regional rail, Light rail, Commuter rail, Rapid
Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central metro station, Chennai transit and Terminal station
Park railway station, Park Town railway station and is
2 km from Chennai Egmore railway station. The terminus
connects the city to northern India, including Kolkata,
Mumbai and New Delhi as well as to Bengaluru,
Coimbatore, Hyderabad and different parts of Kerala.
The century-old building of the railway station, designed

by architect George Harding, is one of the most prominent View of the Main Entrance
landmarks of Chennai.[4] The station is also a main hub for Other M.G.R Chennai Central
the Chennai Suburban Railway system. It lies adjacent to names
the current headquarters of the Southern Railway and the
Location Kannappar Thidal, Periyamet,
Ripon Building. During the British Raj, the station served
Chennai – 600003, Tamil Nadu,
as the gateway to South India, and the station is still used
as a landmark for the city and the state. India
Coordinates 13°04′57″N 80°16′30″E
The station was renamed twice; first to reflect the name
Elevation 3.465 metres (11.37 ft)
change of the city from Madras to Chennai in 1996 it was
renamed from Madras Central to Chennai Central, and Owned by Government of India
then to honor the founder of AIADMK and the former Operated by Indian Railways
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran it was
renamed as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Line(s) Chennai–Delhi (via Vijayawada
Central railway station on 5 April 2019.[5] Jn)
Chennai–Howrah (via
About 550,000 passengers use the terminus every day, Vijayawada Jn)
making it the busiest railway station in South India.[6] Chennai–Mumbai (via Guntakal
Along with Chennai Egmore and Coimbatore Junction, the Jn)
Central terminus is among the most profitable stations of Chennai–Bengaluru (via Katpadi
Southern Railways.[7] As per a report published in 2007 by Jn)
the Indian Railways, Chennai Central and Secunderabad
Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram
were awarded 183 points out of a maximum of 300 for
(via Coimbatore Jn, Ernakulam
cleanliness, the highest in the country.[8]
Jn)
Chennai–Visakhapatnam (via
Vijayawada Jn)
Contents Chennai-Mangalore(Via
History Shoranur Jn, Kannur)
Expansion Platforms 17 (12 long distance, 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Central_railway_station 1/20
Location suburban)
Layout Tracks 30
Architecture Connections MTC, Suburban Rail, MRTS,
Platforms Chennai Central metro station.
Bridge
Construction
Traffic Structure Romanesque[1]
Services type
Facilities Parking Available
Maintenance Disabled
Yards and sheds access
Train care centre
Other information
Electric trip shed
Status functioning
Goods shed
Station code MAS
Renovation
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Connectivity
Division(s) Chennai
Environmental impact
History
Incidents
Opened 1873[2]
Security
Rebuilt 1959 (first)
Future 1998 (second)
In popular culture Electrified 1931[3]
See also Previous
References Madras Central (1873–1996)
names
Chennai Central (1996–
External links
2019)
Passengers
History 6,50,000/day
Services
Marking the initial days of the railways in the Indian
Subcontinent, the Madras Railway Company began to 350 Express trains 1000 local/Passenger trains
network South India in 1856. The first station was built at and 150 Demu And Memu Services
Royapuram, which remained the main station at that time.
Expansion of the Madras Railways network, particularly
the completion of the Madras–Vyasarpadi line,[10] called
for a second station in Madras, resulting in Madras
Central coming into being.[4]
Madras Central was built in 1873 at Parktown as a second

terminus to decongest the Royapuram harbour station,
which was being utilised for port movements. The station
was built on the open grounds that had once been called
John Pereira's Gardens, belonging to Joao Pereira de
Faria (John Pereira), a Portuguese merchant in the port
town of Negapatam (present day Nagapattinam) who
settled in Madras in 1660. The garden had a house used by
Pereira for rest and Preceding Indian Following

recreation. Having fallen
station Railways station
into disuse, the garden
had become a gaming Perambur Mumbai–
den, with cock-fighting towards Chennai
being the favourite sport Mumbai CST line
at that time, until when
the Trinity Chapel was Gudur Howrah–
built nearby in 1831 and towards Chennai
Central Station seen from the the Railways moved into Howrah main line
western banks of the the area in the 1870s.[10]
Buckingham Canal, c. 1880 New Terminus
Gudur
In 1907, Madras Central Delhi–
towards New
was made the Madras Chennai
Railway Company's main Delhi
main line
station.[11] The station
gained prominence after Perambur Chennai
the beach line was towards Central–
extended further south Bangalore Bangalore
in the same year, and City City line
Chennai Central station, c. 1905
Royapuram was no
longer a terminus for Location
Madras.[12] All trains
were then terminated at
Madras Central instead.
The Madras and
Southern Mahratta
Railway Company was
formed in 1908 and took
over the Central station from the Madras Railway
Company.[11] The station's position was further Puratchi
strengthened after the construction of the headquarters of Thalaivar Dr.
M.G.
the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (erstwhile Ramachandran
Madras Railway and now known as the Southern Railway) Central
Railway
adjacent to it in 1922.[13] Station
Madras Central was part of South Indian Railway

Company during the British rule. The company was
established in 1890 and was initially headquartered in
Trichinopoly. Egmore railway station was made its
northern terminus in 1908.[11] It was then shifted to Location within Chennai
Madurai and later to Madras Central. With the opening of
the Egmore railway station, plans were first made of linking Madras Central and Egmore, which was later
dropped.[11] The company operated a suburban electric train service for Madras city from May 1931
onwards in the Madras Beach–Tambaram section.[14] In 1959, additional changes were made to the
station.[4] Electrification of the lines at the station began in 1979, when the section up to Gummidipoondi
was electrified on 13 April 1979. The lines up to Tiruvallur were electrified on 29 November 1979 while
the tracks along Platforms 1 to 7 were electrified on 29 December 1979.[15]
Expansion
In the 1980s, the Southern Railway required land for expansion of the terminus and was looking for the
erstwhile Moore Market building located next to the terminus. In 1985, when the market building caught
fire and was destroyed, the structure was transferred to the Railways by the government, and the
Railways built a 13-storied complex to house the suburban terminus and railway reservation counter.
The land in front of the building was made into a car park.[16] Following the renaming of the city of
Madras in 1996, the station became known as Chennai Central. Due to increasing passenger movement,
the main building was extended in 1998 with the addition of a new building on the western side with a
similar architecture to the original. After this duplication of the main building, the station had 12
platforms.[4] Capacity at the station was further augmented when the multi-storeyed Moore Market
Complex was made a dedicated terminus with three separate platforms for the Chennai Suburban
Railway system. In the 1990s, when the IRCTC was formed, modular stalls came up and food plazas were
set up.[17]
In 2005, the buildings were painted a light brown colour, but concurring with the views of a campaign by
the citizens of Chennai and also to retain the old nostalgic charm, they were repainted in their original
brick-red color.[18] The station is the first in India to be placed on the cyber map.[4]
Location
The terminus lies on the southern arm of the diamond junction of Chennai's railway network, where all
the lines of the Chennai Suburban Railway meet. The terminus is located about 19 km from Chennai
International Airport. The main entrance is located at Park Town at the intersection of the arterial
Poonamallee High Road, Pallavan Salai, and Wall Tax Road between the People's Park and the Southern
Railways headquarters. The station premises is located on either side of the Buckingham Canal, formerly
known as Cochrane's Canal, which separates the main station and the suburban terminus. Wall Tax Road
runs alongside the station on the eastern side. There are two other entrances on the eastern and western
sides of the complex. The eastern entrance on Wall Tax Road leads to platform no. 1,[19] and the western
entrance lies at the entrance of the suburban terminus. The station is connected with the Park railway
station and the Government General Hospital, both located across the road, by means of subways.
During the building of the Chennai Metro the connection from Chennai Park to Chennai Central is by
means of a steel footbridge.
Layout
Architecture
Built in the Gothic Revival style, the original station was designed by George Harding and consisted of
four platforms[20][21] and a capacity to accommodate 12-coach trains.[17] It took another five years for the
work to be completed, when the station was modified further by Robert Fellowes Chisholm with the
addition of the central clock tower, Travancore 'caps' on the main towers, and other changes.[22] The
redesign was eventually completed in 1900.[4] The main building, a combination of Gothic and
Romanesque styles[4] has been declared as a heritage building.[23] The clock tower with the flagstaff, the
tallest of the towers of the main building, has four faces and reaches a height of 136 ft.[24] It is set to
chime every quarter of an hour and every hour.[4][17]
Side view of station extension in 1998 The main entrance
Panoramic view
The station has a platform area of 51,182 square metres (excluding the suburban station building) and
the total building area of the main station is 14,062 square metres.[25]
Platforms
Chennai Central is a terminal station with bay platforms. The

average length of railway tracks in the station is 600 metres.[26] The
entire complex has 17 platforms to handle long-distance trains with 5
platforms exclusively for suburban trains. The total length of the
station is about 950 m. The main building has 12 platforms and
handles long-distance 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 short-length
trains like the Chennai Rajdhani Express, Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi
Platform No.10 at the terminus
Express, Bengaluru Shatabdi Express, Mysuru Shatabdi Express and
the Gudur Passenger. The 13-storied annex building, the Moore
Market Complex Building, has 5 platforms and handles north- and
westbound suburban trains.
Chennai Central used to have trains with special liveries until the early 1990s. The Brindavan Express
used to have green livery with a yellow stripe running above and below the windows; Nilgiri Express
(popularly known as the Blue Mountain Express) had blue livery. All trains now have the standard blue
livery (denoting air-braked bogies). Notable exceptions include the Rajadhani, Shatabdi and the Jan
Shatabdi expresses. The Sapthagiri Express, Tirupati Express has a vivid green/cream livery combination
with a matching WAM4 6PE locomotive from Arakkonam (AJJ) electric locomotive shed.
Chennai Central, unlike many other major railway stations in India, is a terminus. The next station to
Chennai Central, the Basin Bridge Junction, is the railway junction where three different lines meet.
As of 2015, all platforms except 2A platforms, in the station were able to accommodate trains with 24
coaches. Platform 2A is the shortest of all platforms in the station and can accommodate trains with 18
coaches.[27] Chennai Central is the only station that has a platform numbered 2A. Though it was built
actually for delivering water and goods to the station staff, the Shatabdi Express now starts from here.
Bridge
Bridge No.7 across the Buckingham Canal connects the terminus with
the railway yards and stations to the north. The bridge, measuring
33.02 m in length and carrying six tracks, acts as the gateway to the
terminus. The bridge was originally resting on cast iron screw pile.
Following the 2001 accident of Mangalore Chennai Mail killing 57
passengers, Southern Railway started replacing all bridges resting on
screw piles, and the bridge was replaced with a new RCC box bridge
resting on well foundation in September 2010, with ancillary works
getting completed by March 2011.[28] The bridge across the Buckingham
Canal
Traffic
On an average, 19 trains are operated daily from the station of which 12 have 24 coaches.[27] About 200
trains arrive and depart at the station daily, including about 46 pairs of mail/express trains, in addition
to 257 suburban trains handled by the five platforms at the station's suburban terminus.[29][30][31] About
400,000 passengers use the terminus every day,[6] in addition to 20,000 visitors accompanying them to
see-off or receive them,[17] generating a revenue of ₹6,590,214,293 (US$92 million) as of 2012–2013,
making it the top revenue-generating station of the Southern Railway. There is likely to be around
180,000 passengers in the station at a given point.[17] As of 2015–16, the main station alone (excluding
the suburban station) has an average passenger footfall of 95,560 per day. Passenger earnings in the
same period amounted to ₹ 8947.4 million. The station managed 491 trains a day. It has been projected
that the number of passengers using the main station per day in the next 40 years will be 650,000.[25]
The terminus also faces traffic problems. Often, express trains and EMU services that arrive at the Basin
Bridge Junction in time have to be detained for non-availability of platforms at Chennai Central.
Blocking of lines is a daily challenge owing to the traffic.[32]
Services
Chennai Central railway station is a major transit point for shipment of inland and sea fish in South
India through trains. The terminus handles fish procured from Kasimedu which is sent to Kerala and sea
fish from the West Coast which is brought to Chennai and ferried to West Bengal. As of 2012, on an
average, the terminus handles transportation of 200 boxes of fish, each comprising 50 kilograms (110 lb)
to 70 kilograms (150 lb) of consumable fish.[33] The station also handles 5,000 postal bags daily.[34]
Facilities
The station has bookshops, restaurants, accommodation facilities,
Internet browsing centres, and a shopping mall. The main waiting hall
can hold up to 1,000 people.[35] In spite of being the most important
terminus of the region, the station lacks several facilities such as
drinking water facility,[6] a medical unit[30] and coach position display
boards.[36] The main concourses too have long exhausted their
capacity to handle the increasing passenger crowd.[37] There are
passenger operated enquiry terminals and seven touch-screen PNR
status machines in the station.[38] The station has three split-flap
Inside the main station
timing boards,[39] electronic display boards and Plasma TVs that
mention train timings and platform number.[31][40] A passenger
information center in the station has been upgraded with "Spot your Train" live train display facility,
information kiosks and passenger digital assistance booths.[29] The terminus, however, has only 10
toilets, which is inadequate to its 350,000 passengers.[41]
As of 2008, there were 607 licensed railway porters in Chennai Central.[42] Four-seater battery operated
vehicles are available to cater to the needs of the elderly and the physically impaired.[43]
On 26 September 2014, Chennai Central became the first in the country to get free Wi-Fi connectivity.
The facility is being provided by RailTel, a public sector telecom infrastructure provider.[44]
Emergency medical care
In November 2012, a public interest writ petition was filed in the Madras High Court citing the lack of a
full-fledged emergency medical care centre at the terminus.[45] Further to this, the Southern Railway
invited expression of interest from several hospitals in the city to establish a medical care centre.[46][47]
On 15 April 2013, a new emergency medical care centre was opened. The centre has three beds, two
doctors on duty and another on standby, four nurses, a paramedic team, and a round-the-clock
ambulance. The centre is equipped with oxygen cylinders, an ECG, a defibrillator and resuscitation
equipment. The terminus is the first railway station in the country to have facilities of an ambulance.[48]
Parking
The station has parking facilities for more than 1,000 two-wheelers.[49] About 1,000 cars are parked in
the standard car park every day. Since March 2008, a premium car park facility for 80 cars in addition to
its regular car park is functioning at the station. The cement-concrete-paved premium parking is located
between the Moore Market reservation complex and the station's main building.[50][51] However, the
station still faces parking problems. About 3,000 taxis arrives at the station every day.[52]
Maintenance
According to the Railway sources, as of July 2012, Chennai Central was 180 short of the sanctioned 405
maintenance employees, including mechanical, electrical and general maintenance, required for cleaning
the interiors and exteriors of trains and undertaking routine mechanical and electrical maintenance of
trains.[53]
Contracts for cleaning the station has been awarded for a period of three years from 2010 for a
value of ₹ 43.1 million.[54] In 2007, the number of dustbins in the station was 28.50 per 10,000
passengers.[8]
On average, about 51 train units depart and arrive at the station from different parts of the country
everyday. Of the 102 trains, a 12 are sent during the day and another 7 at night to the Basin Bridge Train
Care Centre[55] for primary maintenance, which involves complete exterior and interior cleaning and
total mechanical and electrical overhaul. The rest of the trains go through secondary maintenance or
'other-end attention' at the depot or 'turn back train attention' at Chennai Central itself. Secondary
maintenance includes filling water, while the third is the 'other-end attention', in which the train,
especially the toilets, is cleaned. The fourth category of trains, such as Sapthagiri Express and Pallavan
Express, are turn-back trains, which arrive and leave in a short time from Chennai Central after toilet-
cleaning and water-filling is done right at the terminus platform.[53]
The station has been divided into two zones for mechanised cleaning contracts.[56] As of 2008, Chennai
Central had about 30 sanitary workers employed on a contractual basis in Zone I (platforms 1 to 6). Zone
II (platforms 7 to 12) was cleaned by close to 40 railway employees.[26]
Yards and sheds
Train care centre
A broad-gauge coach maintenance

depot, called the Basin Bridge
Train Care Centre, is located at
the northern side of the terminus,
where trains of 18 to 24 coaches
are checked, cleaned and readied
for its next trip after they return
from round trips.[57][58] It is the
largest train care centre under the Train Care Centre
A station pilot WDS4B involved in
Southern Railway where 30 pairs
shunting passenger trains
of trains are inspected every day.
The yard has 14 pit lines, each 3-ft deep, to inspect undercarriage of
trains, but only two lines can accommodate 24-coach trains. The rest
are designed to park 18-coach trains. Five to six people are allotted to each train. As of 2012, the centre
has 3,500 employees, a shortage of about 400.[58]
Water accumulated in pit lines are let out into the Buckingham Canal by means of drainage channels.
However, as the yard is located in a basin area, water does not drain quickly enough.[59] In addition, the
centre faces pests and other hygiene issues too.[60][61]
Electric trip shed
The terminus has an electric locomotive trip shed, the Basin Bridge electric locomotive trip shed, located
north of the train care centre. It is one of the five locomotive trip sheds of the Southern Railway.[62] To
lessen load on the shed, an additional electric trip shed has been created at Tondiarpet, which also serves
as a crew change point for freights.[63]
Goods shed
The terminus has a goods shed attached to it at Salt Cotaurs.[64]
Renovation
Chennai Central gets renovation after 2010, is undertaken by the building division of the Southern
Railway with the technical assistance provided by the Chennai Circle of Archaeological Survey of India.
The work is carried out to ensure the original character of the building is maintained. The Station
building has maroon colour since its inception in 1873.[65]
In February 2019, as part of the Railway Ministry's plan to install flag masts at 75 major stations in the
country, a 100-foot flag mast was installed at the front of the main building of the station at a cost of ₹
1.5 million. Weighing around 2 tonnes, the mast is made of galvanised iron pipes. The mast is one of the
tallest in the city. The polyester-and-cotton flag is 60-ft wide and weighs around 9.5 kg, and can be
hoisted both manually and electronically.[66]
Connectivity
Chennai Central is a hub for suburban trains. Suburban lines
originating from Chennai Central include West North Line, North
Line, and West Line.[67] Chennai Park suburban station is in
proximity to the station, thus facilitating connectivity to
Tambaram/Chengalpet/Tirumalpur routes through South Line and
South West Line. Chennai Central can be directly reached from all
suburban stations and MRTS stations in and around Chennai (except
Washermanpet and Royapuram) either through its own MMC
Complex for suburban trains or through the nearby Park suburban Moore Market Complex, the
station or the Park Town MRTS station. Currently, there is only one suburban terminal of Chennai
direct suburban train that plies from Chennai Beach Junction to Central
Chennai Central via Washermanpet and Royapuram, and hence
there is no frequent direct connectivity for these two stations to
Chennai Central. The Chennai Park Town MRTS station is close to
Chennai Central station.
An underground metro station of the ongoing Chennai Metro Rail

project is under construction at the Chennai Central station. It is one
of the two metro stations where Corridor I (Blue Line) (Airport–
Tiruvottiyur) of the project will intersect with Corridor II (Green
Line) (Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Metro–
St. Thomas Mount via Egmore, Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa
CMBT Metro). The metro station, being constructed at a depth of 25 Passenger and Suburban trains at
metres (82 ft), will be the largest of all metro stations in the city with Chennai Central railway station
an area of over 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft). [68] The station
will act as a transit point for passengers from the Central, Park
Town, and Park railway stations.[69] It is estimated that more than 100,000 commuters will utilise the
station daily.[68]
Chennai Central is connected to the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and other parts of the city by buses
operated by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation,[70] by means of separate bus lanes near the main
entrance, close to the concourse. There are prepaid auto and taxi stands at the station premises.[71]
However, only 30 autorickshaws are presently attached to the prepaid counter parking, as Chennai
Metro Rail has acquired its parking area for station construction.[72]
The terminus is connected to the Park railway station and the Government General Hospital by two
subways on either side. The two subways, which are one of the first in the city, are used by thousands of
commuters day round.[73] Nevertheless, jaywalking prevails as a substantial number of commuters
prefer crossing the road,[74] at times resulting in accidents.[73]
The terminus is connected with the Egmore station, the other most important terminus of the city, by a
circuitous and congested route covering a distance of 11.2 km via Chennai Beach. There was initially a
proposal to connect the two termini by means of an elevated section with double-line broad-gauge
electrified track with two elevated platforms at Chennai Central, at the cost of ₹ 930 million, which
would cut the distance to 2.5 km.[75][76] The project, approved on 8 April 2003 and initially aimed to be
completed by 2005, was later scrapped owing to the expected rate of return on the project being only 1 to
2 percent,[77] poor soil conditions on the Poonamallee High Road,[78] and other issues.[79]
Environmental impact
The portion of the Buckingham canal running near the terminus and beneath Pallavan Salai is covered
for 250 m, which makes the task of maintaining the canal difficult. After being desilted in 1998, the
covered stretch of the canal near the terminus was cleaned in September 2012. Garbage is dumped into
the canal via the openings near the Chennai Central premises. An estimated 6,000 cubic meters of silt
was removed from the 2-m-deep canal.[80]
Incidents
On 14 August 2006, a major fire broke out in Chennai Central, completely destroying a bookshop.[81]
On 29 April 2009, a suburban EMU train from Chennai Central Suburban terminal was hijacked by an
unidentified man, who rammed it into a stationary goods train at the Vyasarpadi Jeeva railway station, 4
kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of Chennai Central. Four passengers were killed and 11 were injured.[82]
The train, which was scheduled to depart at 5:15 am, started at 4:50 am instead.[83] The train was
moving with a speed of 92 km per hour with 35 passengers on board at the time of collision.[84]
On 6 August 2012, a man hailing from Nepal perched atop the clock tower of the station's main building,
creating a commotion. He was later safely persuaded back down the tower by the City Police and
Southern Railway officials.[24]
On 1 May 2014, the station witnessed two low-intensity blasts in two coaches S4 and S5 of the stationary
Bangalore–Guwahati express, killing one female passenger and injuring at least fourteen.[85][86]
In April 2020, all trains were cancelled till the 30th of September due to COVID-19.[87][88]
Security
In a first of its kind for the railways, a bomb disposal squad of the railway protection force, equipped with
state-of-the-art gadgets imported at a cost of over ₹ 2.5 million, was inaugurated at Chennai Central in
May 2002. The squad functions round the clock and its personnel were trained at the National Security
Guard Training Centre at Maneswar and the Tamil Nadu Commando School.[89] In 2009, following the
train accident at the Vyasarpadi Jeeva station, surveillance cameras were installed at the suburban
terminus platforms. A security boundary wall 200 m long was erected along platform 14 to check
unauthorised persons entering the station. Two security booths were planned, one each at the main
terminus and the suburban terminus.[90] A government railway police (GRP) station is located on the
first floor at the western end,[91] headed by a DSP and two inspectors.[92]
In 2009, 39 CCTV cameras were installed in the premises along with a control room.[93] In 2012, about
120 CCTV cameras (http://cctv.net.in/) are to be installed in Chennai Central.[94] In April 2012, the GRP
and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) together launched a helpline known as Kaakum karangal
(literally meaning 'Protecting hands'). This involved dividing the terminus into six sectors and deploying
24 police personnel for security.[95]
On 15 November 2012, Integrated Security System (ISS) was launched at the station, which comprises
sub-systems such as CCTV surveillance system with 54 IP-based cameras, under-vehicle scanning system
(UVSS) for entries and exits, and personal and X-ray baggage screening system. In addition, explosive
detection and disposal squad have been deployed. The sub-system will be integrated by networking and
monitored at the centralised control rooms. Existing CCTV network of suburban platforms has also been
integrated to this system.[94][96][97]
Future
In 2004, a second terminal was planned near the Moore Market Complex, with six platforms to be
constructed in the first phase of the project and four platforms each in the second and third phases. For
additional infrastructure, the goods yard at Salt Cotaurs will be closed to provide more pit line and
stabling line facilities for the new terminal.[32]
In 2007, the Railway Board declared a plan to develop the terminus into a world-class one at a cost of
₹200 million (US$2.8 million),[98] along with two other stations (Thiruvananthapuram Central and
Mangaluru Central),[99] and a high-level committee was formed in 2009 to expedite the project at a total
cost of ₹1,000 million (US$14 million).[100] The plan included creating multi-level platforms where
express and suburban trains could arrive and depart from the same complex.[99] However, the project is
yet to begin.[101]
In June 2012, the first skywalk in Chennai connecting Chennai Central, Park Railway Station and Rajiv
Gandhi Government General Hospital was planned at a cost of ₹200 million (US$2.8 million).[102] It
will be 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) long, linking the station with nine points, including Evening Bazaar,
Government Medical College and Ripon Buildings on Poonamallee High Road.
In February 2013, as part of a national initiative to eliminate ballast tracks at major stations, washable
aprons—ballastless tracks or tracks on a concrete bed—were installed along the entire length of tracks of
platforms 3, 4 and 5 at the terminus. Washable aprons that are already present for a few metres in some
of the platforms at the terminus will be extended, viz. 30 metres (98 ft) on platform 3, 200 metres
(660 ft) on platform 4, and 50 metres (160 ft) on platform 5, while new ones will be built on platforms
with ballast tracks.[103]
Chennai Central is among the 23 stations in the country that will be privatised as part of redevelopment
under the BFOT (Build, Finance, Operate, Transfer) scheme. More passengers amenities will be provided
on a 1.545-acre plot of land adjacent to the Moore Market Suburban complex allotted for commercial
exploitation. Additional space for operational purposes, including the station master's room, passenger
information centre, movement control room, Railway Protection Force control room containing closed
circuit television (CCTV) cameras, Government Railway Police station, and Travelling Ticket Examiner
chart room, covering a total of 2,873.76 square metres will be built. The developer will maintain the
station premises for 15 years, while the lease period of the additional land and aerial space to be
developed will be 45 years.[25]
In 2017, the state government proposed to build a commercial square called the Central Square in the
around the station.[104][105][106]
On 6 March 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at an NDA political rally in the presence of
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal that the station will be renamed after the former Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu M. G. Ramachandran.[107][108]
On 5 April 2019, the station was officially renamed as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran
Central Railway Station.[5] The renaming ran into controversy when Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer
Satyabrata Sahoo wrote to the Election Commission of India claiming that the timing of the renaming
violated the model code of conduct for the 2019 Indian general election.[109] The new name is currently
the India's longest and world's second longest name for a railway station after
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales, United Kingdom.[110]
In popular culture
Chennai Central railway station is one of the most prominent landmarks in the city that is often featured
in movies and other pop culture in the region. The station has been used in numerous Indian novels and
film and television productions over the years. Many films and television programs have been filmed at
the station, including:
Cochin Express (1967) (Malayalam)[111]

No.20 Madras Mail (1990) (Malayalam)
Kadhal Kottai (1996) (Tamil)
Mudhalvan (1999) (Tamil)
Kushi (2000) (Tamil)
Roja Kootam (2002) (Tamil)
Madrasapattinam (2010) (Tamil)
Siruthai (2011) (Tamil)
Thodari (2016) (Tamil)
Bigil (2019) (Tamil)
The station has been poetized by Vijay Nambisan in his 1988 award-winning poem 'Madras Central'
published in 1989. The poem is regarded as a modern classic.[112][113]
In 2009, the Department of Posts featured Chennai Central in a postal stamp.[114]
See also
Chennai Egmore
Chennai Suburban Railway
Railway stations in Chennai
Transportation in Chennai
Architecture of Chennai
Heritage structures in Chennai
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Coordinates: 13°04′57″N 80°16′30″E

Chennai Central railway station

The century-old building of the railway station, designed

Madras Central was built in 1873 at Parktown as a second

Pereira for rest and Preceding Indian Following

Madras Central was part of South Indian Railway

Side view of station extension in 1998 The main entrance

Chennai Central is a terminal station with bay platforms. The

Emergency medical care

Yards and sheds

Train care centre

A broad-gauge coach maintenance

Electric trip shed

The terminus has a goods shed attached to it at Salt Cotaurs.[64]

An underground metro station of the ongoing Chennai Metro Rail

Cochin Express (1967) (Malayalam)[111]

In 2009, the Department of Posts featured Chennai Central in a postal stamp.[114]

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51. "Premium parking lot reopens at Central railway station" (https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chen

68. "Chennai Central to be biggest metro station" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120101085704/http://co

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