HC upholds election of Dayanidhi MaranThe Madras High Court dismissed an election petition challenging DMK candidate Dayanidhi Maran's win from Chennai Central in the 2024 Lok S...
07 Mar, 2025, 03.38 PM IST
Special train departs from Chennai Central with stranded passengers after Bagmati Express collisionThe train departed from Chennai Central railway station at around 04.45 am. The stranded passengers were provided with food and water durin...
12 Oct, 2024, 07.00 AM IST
Railway to develop another terminal to ease congestion at Chennai Central. Here is selected station and other detailsThe Southern Railway plans to develop Villivakkam station into a terminal to ease congestion at Chennai Central. The General Manager, R N S...
02 Feb, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
Sabarimala season: Railways to run Vande Bharat special train between Chennai, Kottayam from December 15The Southern Railway will operate a Vande Bharat Sabari special train between Chennai Central and Kottayam to cater to the extra rush of pa...
14 Dec, 2023, 10.13 AM IST
Cyclone Michaung: Check list of trains cancelled in ChennaiAs Cyclone Michaung intensifies in the southern part of India, roads, and subways have been blocked in Chennai due to worsening weather con...
04 Dec, 2023, 04.46 PM IST
Chennai Central: The Tamil Nadu capital is dotted with star constituenciesExceptions to electoral sweeps of Chennai for the DMK have been years like 2011, when it was reeling from charges of corruption and critici...
21 Mar, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Southern Railway launches SMS facility to know train platform numberPassengers will be able to know the platform number on which their respective trains would arrive or depart by message on mobile as per the...
18 Mar, 2016, 10.15 PM IST
Chennai: Students, migrants left stranded; railway stations turn into innsThe state administration has announced a one month holiday but the break from work is causing them more stress.
03 Dec, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
Southern Railway cancels 15 trains due to heavy rains in Tamil NaduFifteen trains, scheduled to leave from Chennai and Puducherry and passing through Chennai Central today and tomorrow have been cancelled.
17 Nov, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to conduct 12-day Bharat Darshan special tourThe tour package costs Rs. 9,940 per person. According to a release here, the special train, with sleeper class coaches, carries only touri...
04 Nov, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Chennai Central set to be India’s first Wi-Fi railway stationAccording to senior railway officials, the Wi-Fi system will have a signal booster to maintain 512kbps bandwidth speed for up to 60 metres ...
27 Sep, 2014, 09.33 AM IST
Railway terminus Chennai Central to offer free WiFi internet accessThe facility, implemented on a pilot basis, offers wireless internet access for up to 30 minutes to users in their laptops, mobile phones a...
26 Sep, 2014, 07.05 PM IST
Unclaimed bag near Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd residential area creates flutterThe incident comes close on the heels of the May 1 blasts on board the Kaziranga Express at the Chennai Central Railway Station that claime...
06 May, 2014, 10.41 AM IST
Chennai-Coimbatore Duronto Express withdrawn due to poor patronage: Southern RailwaySouthern Railway has withdrawn the services of Chennai-Coimbatore Duronto Express and will introduce Chennai Central-Coimbatore Shatabdi Ex...
20 Nov, 2013, 07.39 PM IST
- Jayalalithaa flags-off Duronto Express to Madurai and Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today flagged off two non-stop air-conditioned Duronto Express trains -- one from Chennai Central ...
15 Dec, 2012, 08.33 PM IST
New Duronto train services to Madurai, Thiruvananthapuram from December 15The airconditioned Duronto express service from Chennai Central to Madurai on Mondays and Wednesdays and to Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesdays ...
13 Dec, 2012, 01.39 PM IST
- Dayanidhi sitting pretty in Chennai Central
For four consecutive terms, Chennai Central has been the citadel of the Maran family and CM Karunanidhi’s nephew late Murasoli Maran was th...
11 May, 2009, 06.21 AM IST