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Anna Nagar West | |
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neighbourhood | |
  Anna Nagar West  Anna Nagar West  Anna Nagar West | |
| Coordinates:13°05′37″N80°11′55″E / 13.093500°N 80.1985°E /13.093500; 80.1985 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai District |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Greater Chennai Corporation |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600040 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-02 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Villivakkam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Central Chennai |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| Civic agency | Greater Chennai Corporation |
| Website | www |
Anna Nagar West is a township inChennai,India. It is the western part ofAnna Nagar and is one of the most socially active locations inChennai. The area serves as a major transport and residential hub within the city. It is also connected by the contemporarymetro rail system. The region contains several schools and hospitals. It is mostly a public service concentrated hub located in a residential area. Millennium Park is the largest park within the region. It has a bus terminus belonging to theMetropolitan Transport Corporation.
Anna Nagar West began as asuburban village in connection with the urban development ofAnna Nagar nearChennai at the time of the 1968 World Trade Fair.[1] The village was planned with residential plots, apartments, commercial complexes, wide roads, school zones, a bus terminus and large parks. Anna Nagar West's boundaries are Park Road, Anna Nagar Sixth Avenue, Inner Ring Road, Ambattur Main Road andM.T.H. Road. The locality witnessed enormous growth during the 1990s and 2000s and is now home to many politicians, bureaucrats and industrialists. It is considered as a prime residential location in Chennai.[1]
The roads of Anna Nagar West are laid in a grid pattern.
Anna Nagar West bus terminus is situated on theInner Ring Road. It is one of the largest bus terminals in Chennai and was built by thePallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) in 1973. As it fell in the AynavaramMetropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) region, its code was "ANW", then "ANI" and "ANJ" and then "ANK". The terminus houses about 232 buses of which 213 are used daily.[2] About 50,000 people use this terminus daily. it is the hub for theMogappair,CMBT, andMMDA bus terminals.
TheAnna Nagar railway station was inaugurated in 2003. It is located on the road toVillivakkam. A 3.09 kilometres (1.92 mi) railway line links Anna Nagar with theTiruvallur-Chennai suburban line. The nearestChennai Metro station to Anna Nagar West is theThirumangalam metro station.
Between 2003 and 2007, five suburban trains ran from Anna Nagar toChennai Beach viaVillivakkam. The station was closed in 2007 for the construction of thePadi Junction (an elevated roundabout or rotary). However, after the completion of the junction in 2009, the station remained closed due to low patronage.[3][4]
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