where is the oldest functioning railway station in india located
Royapuram railway station Royapuram railway station is a railway station at Royapuram, on the Chennai Beachâ€“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.[4][5] 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.[6] Since the original structures of Bombay and Thane stations no longer exist, Royapuram station remains the oldest railway station in the entire subcontinent.[7]