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	\| name = M.G.R Chennai ~~Central~~ Suburban Terminal<hr /><small>Moore Market Complex</small>		\| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg\|50px]]<br>Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M. G. Ramachandran Chennai Suburban Terminal<hr /><small>Moore Market Complex</small>
	\| type = ~~Terminal of~~ [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]		\| type = [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] station
	\| image = Chennai Moore Market Station.jpg		\| image = Chennai Moore Market Station.jpg
	\| image_caption = The office complex and entrance of the station		\| image_caption = The office complex and entrance of the station
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	The '''Moore Market Complex''' or '''M.G.R Chennai Central Suburban Terminal''' (station code: '''MASS''') is a commercial building complex and railway terminus for the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] system, situated in [[Park Town, Chennai\|Park Town]] in [[Chennai]], India. The name Moore Market comes from a market that used to exist at the site before being demolished to make way for the expansion of the [[Chennai Central]] station.		The '''Moore Market Complex''', or '''Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M. G. Ramachandran Chennai Central Suburban Terminal''' (station code: '''MASS'''), is a commercial building complex and railway terminus for the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] system, situated in [[Park Town, Chennai\|Park Town]] in [[Chennai]], India. The name Moore Market comes from a market that used to exist at the site before being demolished to make way for the expansion of the [[Chennai Central]] station.

	==History==		==History==
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	The [[Indian Railways]], needing land to expand the congested [[Chennai Central railway station\|M.G.R Chennai Central]] station, tried unsuccessfully to take over the market. On 30 May 1985, the market building was destroyed due to a fire whose cause remains a mystery.<ref>[http://www.maltap.com/anglo/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=60]</ref> The structure was later razed to make way for the new [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] terminus and reservation centre. This multistoreyed building also houses the offices of various departments of the railways. The demolition of the market and [[People's Park, Chennai\|People's Park]] is considered to mark the beginning of heritage activism in the city.<ref name="ToMarketToMarket"/>		The [[Indian Railways]], needing land to expand the congested [[Chennai Central railway station\|M.G.R Chennai Central]] station, tried unsuccessfully to take over the market. On 30 May 1985, the market building was destroyed due to a fire whose cause remains a mystery.<ref>http://www.maltap.com/anglo/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=60</ref> The structure was later razed to make way for the new [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] terminus and reservation centre. This multistoreyed building also houses the offices of various departments of the railways. The demolition of the market and [[People's Park, Chennai\|People's Park]] is considered to mark the beginning of heritage activism in the city.<ref name="ToMarketToMarket"/>

	===Rehabilitation===		===Rehabilitation===
	The government later built a new commercial complex named Lily Pond Complex to rehabilitate the traders of Moore Market, further west of the original site. Built in 1986 at a cost of {{INR}} 66 million, the shopping complex lies mostly vacant due to poor patronage.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080160.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=9 December 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719003327/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080160.htm \|archive-date=19 July 2008 \|url-status=~~dead~~ }}</ref> Majority of the traders continue to live on the streets to this day, hawking used mechanical and electronic goods.		The government later built a new commercial complex named Lily Pond Complex to rehabilitate the traders of Moore Market, further west of the original site. Built in 1986 at a cost of {{INR}} 66 million, the shopping complex lies mostly vacant due to poor patronage.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080160.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=9 December 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719003327/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080160.htm \|archive-date=19 July 2008 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref> Majority of the traders continue to live on the streets to this day, hawking used mechanical and electronic goods.{{citation needed\|date=December 2021}}

	==Traffic==		==Traffic==
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Chennai Central railway station~~\|M.G.R Chennai Central~~]]		* [[Chennai Central railway station]]
	* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]		* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
	* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]		* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
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	{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, North\|Chennai Central\|n/a\|Basin Bridge\|1\|0}}		== External links ==
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	{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West North\|Chennai Central\|n/a\|Basin Bridge\|1\|0}}		{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West North\|Chennai Central\|n/a\|Basin Bridge\|1\|0}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = M.G.R Chennai Central Suburban Terminal<hr /><small>Moore Market Complex</small>
| type = Terminal of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
| image = Chennai Moore Market Station.jpg
| image_caption = The office complex and entrance of the station
| address = Station Road, [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| coordinates =
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| line = [[North Line, Chennai Suburban|North Line]], [[West Line, Chennai Suburban|West Line]] and [[West North Line, Chennai Suburban|West North Line]]
| platform = 5
| tracks = 5
| other =
| structure = Standard on-ground station
| depth =
| levels =
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| ADA = Chennai Central
| code = MASS
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railways]]
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| former = Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
| mpassengers =
| passengers = 7,00,000
| pass_system =
| pass_year = 2020
| pass_percent =
| services = 1000 local train services
| map_type = India Chennai
}}

The '''Moore Market Complex''' or '''M.G.R Chennai Central Suburban Terminal''' (station code: '''MASS''') is a commercial building complex and railway terminus for the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] system, situated in [[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]] in [[Chennai]], India. The name Moore Market comes from a market that used to exist at the site before being demolished to make way for the expansion of the [[Chennai Central]] station.

==History==
[[File:The Moore Market.jpg|left|thumb|180px|The Moore Market, c. 1905]]
Moore Market was originally built to house the [[hawker (trade)|hawker]]s in the [[George Town, Chennai|Broadway]] area of [[Madras]]. Its foundation stone was laid by Sir George Moore, president of the [[Madras Corporation]] in 1898. The building was designed in the [[Indo-Saracenic]] style by R. E. Ellis and was constructed by A. Subramania Aiyar. The market, which consisted of a series of shops around a central quadrangle was finally completed in 1900, and had sections for meat, flowers and food items, but was particularly popular for curios including antiques, art, books and pets. Over the years, it gradually took the status of a flea market where one could buy rare and second hand items for a bargain.<ref name="ToMarketToMarket">{{cite news
| last = Sriram
| first = V.
| title = To market, to market...
| newspaper = India Today
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = IndiaToday.in
| date = 10 October 2008
| url = http://www.indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=82&id=17270&sectionid=20&secid=30&Itemid=1
| access-date = 18 Nov 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| author-link =
| title = Gun Street of Chennai
| work =
| publisher = ChennaiBest.com
| date =
| url = http://www.chennaibest.com/discoverchennai/citylifestyle/bazaarbuzz/gunstreet.asp
| doi =
| access-date = 18 Nov 2012}}</ref>

The [[Indian Railways]], needing land to expand the congested [[Chennai Central railway station|M.G.R Chennai Central]] station, tried unsuccessfully to take over the market. On 30 May 1985, the market building was destroyed due to a fire whose cause remains a mystery.<ref>[http://www.maltap.com/anglo/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=60]</ref> The structure was later razed to make way for the new [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] terminus and reservation centre. This multistoreyed building also houses the offices of various departments of the railways. The demolition of the market and [[People's Park, Chennai|People's Park]] is considered to mark the beginning of heritage activism in the city.<ref name="ToMarketToMarket"/>

===Rehabilitation===
The government later built a new commercial complex named Lily Pond Complex to rehabilitate the traders of Moore Market, further west of the original site. Built in 1986 at a cost of {{INR}} 66 million, the shopping complex lies mostly vacant due to poor patronage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080160.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719003327/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080160.htm |archive-date=19 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Majority of the traders continue to live on the streets to this day, hawking used mechanical and electronic goods.

==Traffic==
The station has five platforms, viz., platform numbers 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, which are technically continuous with platforms in the M.G.R Chennai Central main railway station. With the laying of two additional lines in September 2016, there are now six lines running between the station and the [[Basin Bridge railway station]]. The station caters to about 275 train services daily and is used by about 200,000 passengers every day.<ref name="Hindu_FateOfRoyapuramOnStudy">{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Fate of Royapuram station rests on study
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| date = 22 August 2013
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/fate-of-royapuram-station-rests-on-study/article5045857.ece
| access-date = 26 Jan 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chennai Central railway station|M.G.R Chennai Central]]
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]]
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==References==
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, North|Chennai Central|n/a|Basin Bridge|1|0}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West|Chennai Central|n/a|Basin Bridge|1|0}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West North|Chennai Central|n/a|Basin Bridge|1|0}}
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West South|Chennai Central|n/a|Basin Bridge|1|0}}
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[[Category:Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Chennai]]