Chennai (Madras) - Getting There By Rail
Trains are run by Indian Railways (website: www.indianrail.gov.in). If you plan to make many journeys, buy a copy of Trains at a Glance (available at most station newsstands and some city bookshops) and also see www.seat61.com/India.htm for general information on train travel in the country. The Indrail pass, available in many countries, gives you unlimited travel for a certain period (for further details see www.indianrail.gov.in and click on the Information/International Tourist link).
Chennai has two main stations: Central Station (reservations line: 1361) is the arrival and departure point for most major destinations in the country, including trains to Mumbai (26 hours), Bengaluru (Bangalore) (5 hours), Kolkata (28 hours) and Delhi (30-33 hours).
Approximately 1km (0.6 miles) east is Egmore Station, dealing mainly with routes in the southern regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, including Madurai (8 hours) and Trichy (5-6 hours).
For more information check out www.southernrailway.org.
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