Recap of Egmore Station Heritage Walk

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@JohnPeter @TravellerG @RtnArulPrakasamT @aaryesdee @RVDG @Selvamani_R @MohanVee @KarthikeyanLandRov @Lambertwinston @Sathiyaph

Dear LGs,

We organized “ Egmore Station Heritage Walk” on 5th May 2019 between 10.01 am and 11.30 am. Twelve Local guides from various part of Tamil Nadu participated in the meet up.

The Meetup was held coinciding with ‘The Great Indian Heritage Walk II’. The Egmore Railway Station is classified as Heritage Building which is built in Gothic Style of architecture with imposing domes and corridors and is one of the prominent landmark of Chennai. It was built in the year 1906 as the terminal of the South Indian Railway Company.

The station became the major meter gauge terminal for Chennai in 1951 and served as the gateway to Southern Tamil Nadu. In 1998, it was converted in to a broad gauge terminal. There are 11 platforms in the station and two are dedicated for suburban electric trains.

The station has a train care centre named Egmore Railway Yard where the trains arriving at the station are prepared for departure. There are Restaurants, Passenger Waiting halls, Escalators and Elevator services available in the Railway Station. The Trains run from early morning until mid night.

You can see here some of the photos taken in the meetup.

Prizes has been handed over to new LGs
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Picture showcasing Architectural beauty
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View of the entrance
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Exterior view of the entrance
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Picture of LGs participated in the meetup
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Majestic view of Egmore Railway Station from across the road
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Picture of LGs standing outside the station
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Beautiful view of Egmore Railway Station
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Its good to know about your heritage walks.

If possible do try to explore nearby eateries and post couple of photos too.

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That’s good suggestion @nshantin , your point is well taken. Thanks.

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Frist I thank you for hosting wonderful meetup @Saravanakanth ,

I never forget your hospitality and memento ( sunglasses with pouches)

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Thanks @Saravanakanth for recap of egmore heritage walk. Well explained post and happy to be part of meet.

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Thanks for participating dear @RtnArulPrakasamT

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Thanks for participating dear @Sathiyaph

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Another great day at superb event, thank you @Saravanakanth Sir & all the team for a well organised event. Thank you for the outstanding hospitality in the entire day. And also thanks for gifting awesome sunglasses :sunglasses:.

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@Saravanakanth

Thanks for the recap.

Indeed it’s very expressive and loaded with Infos.

Regards

aaryesdee

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Hey @Saravanakanth ,

I’m happy to see your guys got together for the Egmore Station heritage walk.

Thank you for the stories and for the nice photos. By the way, some of your photos look a bit small and it’s better if you rotate them.

I’m going to relabel your post and move it the Meet-ups section. Feel free to share your recaps there :slight_smile:

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Thank you @KatyaL for your inputs which is well taken.

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Dear @Saravanakanth anna, thanks for the nice recap with all the details about Egmore Railway station. Photos tells it all, thanks for all your support and guidance.

Thanks for the cooler glass gift and your company

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Thanks @Saravanakanth for sharing with us. It was such an interesting meet up. I wish I had been there to join you. Thanks bro.

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