Madras Central (Chennai Central Railway Station)

Chennai Central. Most favourite place in chennai(madras) so many stories in my mind running now. I slept here outside parking area and my first live sketching drew this place only 😊 If I feel boring come to this place and watching people and do live sketching 😊. Chennai Central, erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras. It lies adjacent to the current headquarters of the Southern Railway. one of the most important railway hubs in South India. The 142-year-old building of the railway station, one of the most prominent landmarks of Chennai, was designed by architect George Harding. The station is also a main hub for the Chennai Suburban Railway system.
Chennai Central serves as a symbolic landmark for people in South India as this station served as the main gateway for all people who travelled to South India during the British times. About 350,000 passengers use the terminus every day. Chennai Egmore, Coimbatore Junction and Chennai Central are the most profitable stations of Southern Railways. As per a report published in 2007 by the Indian Railways, Chennai Central and Secunderabad were awarded 183 points out of a maximum of 300 for cleanliness, the highest in the country.