Chennai Central railway station

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railway station railway terminus transport hub

Chennai Central railway station is a major historic railway terminus and one of the busiest transport hubs in South India, serving as a key gateway to the city of Chennai and beyond.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Chennai Central railway station area 1
Madras Central 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway station ⓘ
railway terminus ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
adjacentStation Chennai Egmore railway station ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station ⓘ
architect George Harding ⓘ
Robert Chisholm ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture
connectedTo Chennai Metro ⓘ
connectsTo Bengaluru ⓘ
Coimbatore ⓘ
Hyderabad ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

Madurai ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi

Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ
country India ⓘ
division Chennai railway division ⓘ
electrified yes ⓘ
formerName Chennai Central railway station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madras Central
function gateway to Chennai ⓘ
hasFacility food courts ⓘ
foot overbridges ⓘ
parking area ⓘ
reservation offices ⓘ
retiring rooms ⓘ
subways ⓘ
ticket counters ⓘ
waiting rooms ⓘ
hasMetroInterchange Chennai Metro ⓘ
surface form: Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Metro
hasStructureType on-ground station ⓘ
heritageStatus historic railway station ⓘ
isMajorTerminusFor intercity trains ⓘ
long-distance trains ⓘ
suburban trains ⓘ
isOneOf busiest railway stations in India ⓘ
busiest transport hubs in South India ⓘ
locatedIn Chennai ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
namedAfter M. G. Ramachandran ⓘ
near Fort St. George ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
surface form: George Town, Chennai

Park Town ⓘ
numberOfPlatforms 17 ⓘ
numberOfTracks more than 15 ⓘ
opened 1873 ⓘ
operatedBy Southern Railway zone ⓘ
ownedBy Indian Railways ⓘ
railwayZone Southern Railway zone ⓘ
servesCity Chennai ⓘ
servesRegion South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
stationCode MAS ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chennai Metro → connectsTo → Chennai Central railway station ⓘ
Secunderabad Junction → connectsTo → Chennai Central railway station ⓘ
Chennai Egmore railway station → connectsToStation → Chennai Central railway station ⓘ
Cooum River → crossesInfrastructure → Chennai Central railway station ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chennai Central railway station area
Chennai Central railway station → formerName → Chennai Central railway station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras Central
Chennai → hasRailwayStation → Chennai Central railway station ⓘ