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Chennai, India

Southern Railway Headquarters

Chennai, India

Southern Railway Headquarters
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The Southern Railway Headquarters in Chennai is an Indo-Saracenic administrative building completed in 1921, situated adjacent to Chennai Central station on Poonamallee High Road. The structure exemplifies the architectural idiom that blended Victorian and Islamic design elements, a style favored for major institutional buildings during the British Raj. Recognized as part of the Indian Railways' heritage inventory, the building remains an important administrative center and a notable example of early twentieth-century railway architecture in India.

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Heritage inventory of Indian Railways
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Chennai, India

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