<P> 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 station 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 . </P>
<P> 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 station 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 . </P>
where is the oldest functioning railway station in india located
where is the oldest functioning railway station in india located
Royapuram
Royapuram