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{{Short description|Railway station in Chennai}} | |||
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}} | {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}} | ||
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{{Infobox station | {{Infobox station | ||
| name = M.G. | | 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 = | | 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. | 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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| title = Gun Street of Chennai | | title = Gun Street of Chennai | ||
| publisher = ChennaiBest.com | | publisher = ChennaiBest.com | ||
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| access-date = 18 Nov 2012}}</ref> | | 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> | 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= | 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 | * [[Chennai Central railway station]] | ||
* [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] | * [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] | ||
* [[Railway stations in Chennai]] | * [[Railway stations in Chennai]] | ||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, North|Chennai Central|n/a|Basin Bridge|1|0}} | == External links == | ||
{{Commons category|Moore Market}}{{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|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 North|Chennai Central|n/a|Basin Bridge|1|0}} | ||