CHENNAI CENTRAL

NAME:CHENNAI CENTRAL

LOCATION:

EVR SALAI
CHENNAI-600003
TAMILNADU

APPROACH: EVR SALAI

OWNERSHIP: INDIAN RAILWAYS
USAGE
PAST: RAILWAY STATION
PRESENT: RAILWAY STATION

SIGNIFICANCE:
IT WAS BUILT FOR THE MADRAS & SOUTHERN MARATHA RAILWAY BY A BRITISH FIRM. THE SITE WAS EARLIER CALLED AS JAMBURA THOTTAM WHICH WAS PART OF AN OLD RAMPAT.THE CITY MAIN RAILWAY STATION,WHICH WAS LOCATED IN ROYAPURAM, WAS SHIFTED HERE.THE MADRAS RAILWAY COMPANY(ESTD.1845 ENGLAND),LAID THE 1st LINE IN SOUTH INDIA FROM MADRAS TO WALLAJAPET(NEAR ARCOT). THIS WAS OPENED IN 1856,3 YEARS AFTER INDIA`S FIRST LINE.

MATERIALS

FOUNDATION: BRICKS
WALLS: BRICK & LIME
FLOORS: TILES & CEMENT
ROOF: STEEL TRUSS,JACK ARCH,MADRAS TERRACE
OPENINGS:BRICK ARCHES

DECORATIVE FEATURES: THE CLOCK TOWER IN CENTRE WIH SPIRES AT CORNERS.TIN SHEETED STEED ROOF OVER TOWERS.BRICK WORK UNDER EAYSE.

STATE OF PRESERVATION: GOOD

DATE:1873