the oldest functioning railway station in india is located at royapuram.
the oldest functioning railway station in india is located at royapuram.
where is the oldest functioning railway station in india located?
royapuram
royapuram railway station is a railway station at royapuram, on the chennai beach–arakkonam section of the chennai suburban railway network in chennai, india. it is one of the oldest railway stations currently operational in india (the original structures of the two older stations, bombay and thane, are no longer operational) and the first railway station of south india. the first train of south india started operating in june 1856 from royapuram railway station. the station also remained the headquarters of the madras and southern mahratta railway till 1922, when the headquarters was shifted to egmore. since the original structures of bombay and thane stations no longer exist, royapuram station remains the oldest railway station in the entire subcontinent.
royapuram railway station
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currently there are three functioning railway stations in pollokshields: maxwell park railway station, pollokshields east railway station and pollokshields west railway station, all on the cathcart circle line. crossmyloof railway station on the glasgow south western line and dumbreck railway station on the paisley canal line sit just outside the district's bounds. closed railway stations include pollokshields railway station and strathbungo railway station.









































pollokshields is also served by shields road subway station on the glasgow subway, located in a non-residential area in the extreme north of the district, and by numerous bus routes.
pollokshields