Chennai Central loses the honour of getting longest railway station title by 1 letter

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station in Tamil Nadu, with 57 letters, missed the honour of getting the longest railway station title by simply an alphabet. ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’ in Wales, with 58 letters, nonetheless continues to be on report for having the longest railway station title by only a whisker.

Earlier, the honour for the longest station title in India belonged to Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta in Andhra Pradesh. The honour now belongs to Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station or as most residents name it Chennai Central. The Chennai central railway station was renamed on April 5, 2019, after the legendary actor and politician of Tamil Nadu. About twenty years earlier, it was often known as Madras Central. The IRCTC web site reveals the station code as MAS.

The second longest railway station title within the nation now could be maybe Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Metropolis or as travellers name it Bengaluru The station was renamed in 2015 to honour the soldier of a princely State who fought in opposition to the British.

The third longest title of an Indian railway station is Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, which has 33 letters. The station was renamed in 2017 by including the phrase Maharaj, however most Mumbaikars nonetheless name it VT. Each Chennai and Mumbai railway stations have undergone three rounds of renaming thus far.