Southern Railway Chennai

Southern Railway Chennai

Southern Railway Chennai is said to be the 'Gateway of the South'. There are two railway stations in Southern Railway Chennai: Southern Railway Chennai Central & Southern Railway Chennai Egmore. While Southern Railway Chennai Egmore caters to the trains to other parts of Tamilnadu, Southern Railway Chennai Central connects the city to other states of India. Southern Railway Chennai Central station has 11 platforms to handle long distance trains and 6 platforms exclusively for suburban trains. The complex for suburban trains is popularly known as the Moore Market complex.

Southern Railway Chennai also houses the headquarters of Southern Railways. Southern Railways was the first railway zone to be created in independent India on 14 April 1951, by three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore state railway. Southern Railways covers the states of Tamilnadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and has following divisions:

* Southern Railway Chennai
* Madurai
* Palakkad
* Thiruvanthapuram
* Tiruchapalli