Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Central railway station
Red-brick railway terminus with a four-faced clock tower, the busiest station in south India.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Central railway station in Chennai begins long before the trains, with a Portuguese merchant who fled the Dutch and bought land on the edge of Madras for his own amusement. It follows how the ground beneath this busy terminus was claimed for pleasure, first private and then public, from garden houses to a Victorian park with lakes and a bandstand. Stand facing the clock tower on the main forecourt while you listen.
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