Royapuram railway station was opened as the main terminus on June 28, 1856, by the then Governor Lord Harris and the first railway line in South India was opened for traffic on July 1, 1856.

Commuters on the western section of suburban train services in Chennai have complained about poor access and amenities, but improvements are underway through the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.

Royapuram railway station, Chennai (1856) Royapuram Railway Station holds the distinction of being the third oldest operational railway station in India and the oldest in South India.

Chennai: Southern Railway has abandoned plans to convert the Royapuram heritage railway station into the city’s fourth railway terminal — which distin.

Turning Royapuram into a main terminal to decongest the Egmore and Chennai Central railway stations has been a longstanding demand of the city residents and rail passengers for the past many years.

The train services may have increased since the restoration, but this does not seem to be a busy station, even though it was Madras’s main railway terminus until 1907.

Royapuram Railway Station, Chennai Oldest South Indian Station built in 1856, still functional. Chennai’s primary railway station for its significance to history and culture.

Royapuram Railway Station in Chennai is one of the oldest railway stations in India and it is still functioning.

Track-laying on the 145-mile Section 2 from Escárcega to Calkiní is now 100% complete. Mayan Train Director General Óscar David Lozano Águila has announced that the first section of the new line ...

Royapuram railway station building at present stands enlisted in the list of heritage buildings.

The narrative begins with the Royapuram Railway Station, now India’s oldest, and from there progresses via the early railway companies, tracing their development and the construction of their ...

History house: A view of the Royapuram railway station. Photographs by G Nathan/Mint Like every other modern institution in India, railways too originated in Madras, in the sense that the Madras ...