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Chennai Central railway station

Railway terminus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Summary

Chennai Central railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.038% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (771 views/month, #7 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chennai Central railway station is located in Chennai[3].
  • Chennai Central railway station is in the country of India[4].
  • Chennai Central railway station's transport network is recorded as Southern Railway[5].
  • Chennai Central railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Chennai Central railway station's shares border with is recorded as Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital[7].
  • Chennai Central railway station's connecting line is recorded as Delhi–Chennai line[8].
  • Chennai Central railway station's connecting line is recorded as Howrah–Chennai main line[9].
  • Chennai Central railway station's connecting line is recorded as Mumbai–Chennai line[10].
  • Chennai Central railway station's connecting line is recorded as Chennai Central–Bengaluru City line[11].
  • Chennai Central railway station is owned by Indian Railways[12].
  • Chennai Central railway station is operated by Chennai railway division[13].
  • Chennai Central railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Basin Bridge railway station[14].
  • Chennai Central railway station's Commons category is recorded as Chennai Central railway station[15].
  • Chennai Central railway station's located in time zone is recorded as Indian Standard Time[16].
  • Chennai Central railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.0847613, 'lon': 80.2748563}[17].
  • Chennai Central railway station's interchange station is recorded as Chennai Central[18].
  • Chennai Central railway station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chennai Central railway station[19].
  • Chennai Central railway station's place served by transport hub is recorded as Chennai[20].
  • Chennai Central railway station's heritage designation is recorded as Heritage inventory of Indian Railways[21].
  • Chennai Central railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1873[22].
  • Chennai Central railway station's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Monuments in India[23].
  • Chennai Central railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[24].

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Geography

Chennai Central railway station is in the country of India[4]. It is located in Chennai[3].

Designation and Status

Chennai Central railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Heritage inventory of Indian Railways[21].

History and Context

Chennai Central railway station is owned by Indian Railways[12].

Why It Matters

Chennai Central railway station ranks in the top 0.038% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (771 views/month, #7 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . raw.githubusercontent.com. raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . indianrailways.gov.in. indianrailways.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation → Heritage inventory of Indian Railways
    Country → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wiki Loves Monuments in India
    Transport network → Southern Railway
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Connecting service: North Line, Chennai Suburban"
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