The Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central or Chennai Central railway station has met the 100% day energy requirement targets by solar panels installed on the platform shelters of the station.
The Station comes under the Southern Railway.
The station has installed solar power capacity of 1.5MW.
The Southern Railway is the first on Indian Railways to come up with the concept of ‘Energy Neutral’ railway stations.