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The station building was constructed on a 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) land, for which 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) was acquired from S. It is said that the station came up in a place that once used to store ammunition for the British. History says that the station was actually a fort, called the Egmore Redoubt, similar to Leith Castle, which is a part of Santhome. The recently opened northern entrance to this railway station is on the arterial Poonamallee High Road in Chennai city. The station is one of the prominent landmarks of the city of Chennai. It has the 5th longest platform in the country and the 6th longest in the world. The building is built in the Gothic style of architecture with imposing domes and corridors. The station was apparently constructed from 8679 on land purchased from Pulney Andy. The main entrance to the station is situated on Gandhi-Irwin Road and the rear entrance on Poonamallee High Road. The building built in Gothic style is one of the prominent landmarks of Chennai. The station was built in 1906–1908 as the terminus of the South Indian Railway Company. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in the city the other three are Chennai Central railway station, Tambaram railway station and Chennai Beach railway station. 15.Chennai Egmore - Karaikal line( Via Villupuram, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam)Ĭhennai Egmore, formerly known as Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur (station code: MS), is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.14.Chennai Egmore - Mannargudi line ( Via Villupuram, Needamangalam).13.Chennai Egmore - Rameswaram line (Via Trichy, Pudukkottai, Manamadurai).12.Chennai Egmore - Sengottai line ( Via Tiruvarur, Pattukottai, Tenkasi),.11.Chennai Egmore - Rameshwaram line (Via Kumbakonam,Trichy,Karaikudi),.

10.Chennai Egmore - Tiruchendur line ( Via kumbakonam, Trichy, Tirunelveli ),.9.Chennai Egmore-Tuticorin line ( Via Trichy, Tirunelveli ),.8.Chennai Egmore–Thiruvananthapuram line ( Via Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli.7.Chennai Egmore–Kollam Jn line ( Via Madurai, Sengottai ,Punalur).6.Chennai Egmore–Mangalore line (Via Trichy fort, Erode jn, Palakkad Jn, Kozhikode).5.Chennai Egmore–Trichy main line(Via Kumbakonam,Thanjavur).3.Chennai Egmore–Mumbai line (via Guntakal).