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The area in which the botanical garden stands today was formerly the location of the Woodlands Drive-In restaurant, the city's first drive-in restaurant, and the Agri-Horticultural Society. [3] In April 1962, the Agri-Horticultural Society sub-leased the 18-acre land to hotelier K. Krishna Rau, who started the Woodlands Drive-in Hotel on 15 ...
Chengalpattu Junction railway station (station code: CGL [1]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [2] It is a railway junction of the southern section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network situated in the town of Chengalpattu , 56 kilometres (35 mi) south-west of Chennai Beach .
It is about 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from the Chennai Egmore railway station. The terminus connects the city to major cities of India, including Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi, and different parts of India. The century-old building of the railway station, designed by architect George Harding, is one of the most prominent landmarks in Chennai. [7]
From Velachery, it is fifteenth station towards Chennai Beach station. [2] The station is adjacent to the Chennai Park station, which services multiple Chennai Suburban Railway lines. Additionally, it is connected to Chennai Central and to the Chennai Central metro station. As of 2012, the station handles about 30,000 passengers a day. [3]
The Indian Railways, needing land to expand the congested M.G.R Chennai Central station, tried unsuccessfully to take over the market. On 30 May 1985, the market building was destroyed due to a fire whose cause remains a mystery. [ 3 ]
Tambaram Railway Station (station code: TBM [4]) is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [5] It is also one of the railway terminals of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, situated at a distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the centre of Tambaram and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Chennai Beach ...
Chennai Fort is close to the commercial hub of Parry's corner and Broadway. It is a common station for MRTS line and South suburban line. High court station of the Blue line of upcoming Metro rail is near Fort suburban railway station 3: Chennai Central: Existing interchange station: North line, West line, MRTS line, South line, Green and Blue ...
Chintadripet is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was opened in November 1995. It is built on the bank of Cooum River alongside Arunachala Street, opposite the new secretariat building. [1] The station will be connected with the Chennai Metro Government Estate station, which is currently under construction. [2]