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The Chennai Central is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, which connects the city to other states of India, while trains to other parts of Tamil Nadu is catered by the Chennai Egmore station. The station is also a hub for the Chennai suburban railway trains to Arakkonam and Sullurpeta. 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, accomodation, 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.
The buildings of Chennai Central serve 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. The Chennai central has been greatly instrumental in earning Chennai the famous sobriquet "Gateway of the South"
Trains
Some of the trains from/to Chennai Central
- Chennai-New Delhi Grand Trunk Express
- Chennai-New Delhi Tamilnadu Express
- Chennai-Mumbai Dadar Express
- Chennai-Howrah Coromandel Express
- Chennai-Bangalore Brindavan Express
- Chennai-Ahmedabad Navjivan Express
- Chennai-Varanasi Ganga Kaveri Express
- Chennai-Coimbatore Cheran Express
- Chennai-Tirupati Sapthagiri Express
- Chennai-Hyderabad Charminar Express
- Chennai-Hyderabad Hyderabad Express