Central Square
The Central Square is a city square and major intersection in Chennai. Areas surrounding the Ripon Building, Victoria Public Hall, Moore Market Complex, Chennai Central Railway Station, the Southern Railway Headquarters and the Government General Hospital are being developed as part of the Central Square.- Type: Square
- Description: square in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Central Square, Chennai”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chennai Central railway station and Central Metro.
Chennai Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Central, is a railway station in Chennai, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in South India and a major rail hub in the country. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Chennai Central railway station is situated 180 metres east of Central Square.
Central Metro
Metro station
Photo: Rajanarmadesn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chennai Central Metro, officially known as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central metro station, is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line and Green Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India.
Victoria Public Hall
Community center
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
Victoria Public Hall, or the Town Hall, is a historical building in Chennai, named after Victoria, Empress of India. It is one of the finest examples of British architecture in Chennai and was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Victoria Public Hall is situated 190 metres west of Central Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Park Town and Periamet.
Park Town
Suburb
Park Town is a neighbourhood in downtown Chennai, India. It lies adjacent to the historical neighbourhood of George Town. The area got its name from the People's Park which was situated near the Ripon Building.
Periamet
Neighborhood
Periamet, also known as Periyampet natively spelt as Periyamedu, is one of the most important neighborhoods in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India…
Chintadripet
Suburb
Chintadripet is a locality in Chennai, in India. Located on the southern banks of the Cooum River, it is a residential-cum-commercial area surrounded by Chepauk, Island Grounds, Pudupet, Egmore, Anna Salai and Chennai Central…
Central Square
- Categories: street and locality
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.08188° or 13° 4′ 55″ northLongitude
80.27437° or 80° 16′ 28″ eastOpen location code
7M5237JF+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 11039309345OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q23249034
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tamil—“Central Square” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中央廣場”
- Tamil: “மத்திய சதுக்கம், சென்னை”
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