{"id":8975,"date":"2025-07-26T07:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=8975"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:36:03","slug":"which-railway-station-in-india-has-the-longest-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/which-railway-station-in-india-has-the-longest-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out the Longest Railway Station Name on Indian Railways here"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta or Venkatanarasimha Rajuvaripeta is a Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh on the border with Tamil Nadu, India with the distinction of having the longest name among all the stations on the Indian Railway system. It is on the Renigunta-Arakkonam section of Southern Railway.<\/footer>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is also frequently referred to with the prefix \u201cSri\u201d making the name longer by 3 letters viz. Srivenkatanarasimharajuvaripeta by the local villagers<\/p>\n<p>In railway parlance this is a flag station. It is unsignalled and passenger trains halt here.<\/p>\n<p>It comes under the Southern Railway\u2019s Chennai Division falls on the Renigunta-Arakkonam section and has the Station Code as \u201cVKZ\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Administratively, the jurisdiction of Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta falls under the Thadukupeta Mandal of Chittor district in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the verified info on <strong>India\u2019s railway station with the longest name<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udccd Longest Railway Station Name in India<\/h2>\n<p>The railway station with the <strong>longest official name in India<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(Located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has <strong>57 letters<\/strong> in its official name, making it the longest among all Indian railway stations<\/li>\n<li>Previously known as Madras Central and later Chennai Central, it was renamed on <strong>April 5, 2025<\/strong>, to honor former Chief Minister M.\u202fG. Ramachandran. This made it also the <strong>2nd-longest railway station name in the world<\/strong>, just one letter short of the Welsh station with 58 letters<\/li>\n<li>According to Southern Railway\u2019s official sources, it currently holds the national record<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83e\udd48 Runner-Up: Longest Single-Word Station Name<\/h2>\n<p>While the Chennai station has the overall longest name, the station with the <strong>longest single-word name<\/strong> in India is:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta Railway Station<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(Andhra Pradesh\u2013Tamil Nadu border)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This name spans <strong>28 letters<\/strong> as a single word\u2014making it the longest single-word name in Indian Railways<\/li>\n<li>It previously held the record until the Chennai station was renamed in 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Community Mentions<\/h2>\n<p>Rail-fan discussion reflects recognition of the Chennai station&#8217;s unique, long name:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPuratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station\u201d is widely noted as the longest in the country<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While <strong>Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta<\/strong> remains a local trivia favorite for its single-word length<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83e\uddfe Summary Table<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Category<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Station Name<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Length (Letters)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Longest overall name<\/td>\n<td>Puratchi Thalaivar Dr.\u202fM.G.\u202fRamachandran Central (Chennai)<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Longest single\u2011word name<\/td>\n<td>Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta (Andhra Pradesh)<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2705 Final Takeaway<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station<\/strong> (Chennai) claims the title of <strong>longest railway station name in India<\/strong> with 57 letters.<\/li>\n<li>Among single-word names, <strong>Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta<\/strong> holds that distinction.<\/li>\n<li>Globally, Chennai\u2019s station lost the world record by just one letter to the Welsh station <strong>Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch<\/strong> (58 letters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Would you like to explore other quirks like shortest station names in India or the longest platforms at stations?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta or Venkatanarasimha Rajuvaripeta is a Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh on the border with Tamil Nadu, India with the distinction of having the longest name among all the stations on the Indian Railway system. It is on the Renigunta-Arakkonam section of Southern Railway. Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is also frequently referred to with the prefix \u201cSri\u201d making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[732],"tags":[899,900,901],"class_list":["post-8975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian-railways","tag-find-out-the-longest-railway-station","tag-find-out-the-longest-railway-station-name-on-indian-railways-here","tag-name-on-indian-railways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}