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| 00 Egmore Railway Station - The Facade |
Egmore Railway Station
Coordinates: 13.0780° N, 80.2615°
E
Address: Egmore, Chennai - 600008,
Tamilnadu, India
Architectural Style: Gothic
Architects: Henry Irwin and
E. C. Bird
Egmore Railway Station in Madras was constructed by
contractor T. Samynada Pillai at a cost of Rupees 1.4 million and was opened on
June 11, 1908 as a metre gauge terminal. It is recorded that this station came
up in a place where a fort was in existence. It is stated that inauguration the
station’s covered platform area is greater than that of Charing Cross Station
in London. Over a period it added more structures to cater to increasing demands
of traffic. It handles about 150, 000 people using 35 main line trains and 118
suburban trains. For those residing in southern districts of Tamilnadu Egmore
train station symbolises Madras or Chennai. This red colour gothic building
with lime mortar decorations and cast iron grills is an enormously imposing
structure and befits the status of Madras as capital.
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| 01 Egmore Railway Station - Imposing Domes, Columns,
Arches and SIR Logo |
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| 02 Egmore Railway Station - Amazing Reflection of the
Station on Famous Buhari Hotel |
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| 03 Egmore Railway Station - View of the Station from
Eastern Side |
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| 04 Egmore Railway Station - Cast Iron Columns and Temple
like Arches |
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| 05 Egmore Railway Station - Cast Iron and Brick and Mortar
Entry Arches |
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| 06 Egmore Railway Station - External Corridor |
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| 07 Egmore Railway Station - Awesome Play of Light Inside
the Station Platform |
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| 08 Egmore Railway Station - Beautiful Structural
Engineering Work in Platform |
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| 09 Egmore Railway Station - A View of the Platforms |
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| 10 Egmore Railway Station - Another View of the Platform |
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| 11 Egmore Railway Station - Autorickshaws Parked Outside
the Station |
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