Madras / Chennai, India - Central Railway Station - postcard c.1905-10

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• Picture / Image:  Central Railway Station, Madras [now known as Chennai]
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Chennai (/ˈtʃɛnaɪ/ (About this soundlisten), Tamil: [t͡ʃenːai]), also known as Madras (/məˈdrɑːs/ (About this soundlisten) or /-ˈdræs/,[13] the official name until 1996), is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is the biggest cultural, economic and educational centre of south India. According to the 2011 Indian census, it is the sixth-most populous city and fourth-most populous urban agglomeration in India. The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the Chennai Metropolitan Area, which is the 36th-largest urban area by population in the world.[14] Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the 43rd-most visited city in the world for the year 2015.[15] The Quality of Living Survey rated Chennai as the safest city in India.[16] Chennai attracts 45 percent of health tourists visiting India, and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists.[17] As such, it is termed "India's health capital". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Chennai confronts substantial pollution, as well as other logistical and socio-economic problems.[18][19]

Chennai had the third-largest expatriate population in India, at 35,000 in 2009, 82,790 in 2011 and estimated at over 100,000 by 2016.[20][21] Tourism-guide publisher Lonely Planet named Chennai as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2015.[22] Chennai is ranked as a beta-level city in the Global Cities Index,[23] and was ranked the best city in India by India Today in the 2014 annual Indian city survey.[24][25] In 2015 Chennai was named the "hottest" city (worth visiting, and worth living in for long term) by the BBC, citing the mixture of both modern and traditional values.[26] National Geographic mentioned Chennai as the only South Asian city to feature in its 2015 "Top 10 food cities" list.[27] Chennai was also named the ninth-best cosmopolitan city in the world by Lonely Planet.[28] In October 2017, Chennai was added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) list for its rich musical tradition.[29]

The Chennai Metropolitan Area is one of the largest municipal economies of India. Chennai is nicknamed "The Detroit of India",[1] with more than one-third of India's automobile industry being based in the city. Home to the Tamil film industry, Chennai is also known as a major film production centre. Chennai is one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the Smart Cities Mission.[30]

Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.Ramachandran Central Railway Station[4]), formerly known as Madras Central (station code: MAS), is the main railway terminus in the City of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the busiest railway station in South India and one of the most important hubs in the country with the distinction of having the longest name among all stations on the Indian Railways. It is connected to Moore Market Complex railway station, Chennai Central metro station, Chennai Park railway station, Park Town railway station and is 2 km from Chennai Egmore railway station. The terminus connects the city to northern India, including Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi, as well as to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and parts of Kerala.

The century-old building of the railway station, designed by architect George Harding, is one of the most prominent landmarks of Chennai.[5] The station is also a main hub for the Chennai Suburban Railway system. It lies adjacent to the current headquarters of the Southern Railway and the Ripon Building. During the British Raj, the station served as the gateway to South India, and the station is still used as a landmark for the city and the state.

The station was renamed twice, from Madras Central to Chennai Central in 1996, to reflect the name change of the city of Madras to Chennai, and then to Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.Ramachandran Central Railway Station in 2019,[6] after the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran.

About 550,000 passengers use the terminus every day, making it the busiest railway station in South India.[7] Along with Chennai Egmore and Coimbatore Junction, the Central terminus is among the most profitable stations of Southern Railways.[8] 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.[9]