Anna Nagar West

Anna Nagar West
neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 13°05′55″N 80°12′04″E / 13.09853°N 80.2011°E / 13.09853; 80.2011Coordinates: 13°05′55″N 80°12′04″E / 13.09853°N 80.2011°E / 13.09853; 80.2011
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai District
Metro	Chennai
Government
• Body	Chennai Corporation
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	600101
Legislative Assembly constituency	villivakam
Planning agency	CMDA
Civic agency	Chennai Corporation
Website	www.chennai.tn.nic.in

Anna Nagar West (Tamil: அண்ணா நகர் மேற்கு) is a township in Chennai, India.It is the western extension of Anna Nagar.It is one of the hotspots in Chennai. It is one of the major transport and residential hub in Chennai. More than one lakh people are living in this area. It is a well planned residential locality. This region consists of various schools and hospitals. Millenium Park is the largest park in this region.

History

Anna Nagar West originated as a suburban village. It was the extension of Anna Nagar owing to urbanisation. It was developed along with Anna Nagar during the World Trade Fair in the year 1968. The board developed residential plots, apartments, commercial complexes, wide roads, school zones, bus terminus, and large parks. Its boundaries are Park Road, Anna Nagar Sixth Avenue, Inner Ring Road, Ambattur Main Road and M.T.H Road as its boundaries. Now its layout is completely changed. New apartments are rising constantly.

Transportation

Road

Anna Nagar West terminus is situated on the Inner Ring Road. The West terminus is one of the largest bus terminals in the city which was built by the Pallavan Transport Corporation(PTC) in 1973. It came under the Aynavaram PTC region. Its code is ANW. Buses to different parts of the city begin from the West Terminus.The roads are designed based on a matrix structure similar to roads in developed countries in the western world; all the roads are laid parallel and perpendicular to each other like Anna Nagar. This terminus has about 232 buses and about 213 buses are on daily trips.^[1] About 50,000 people use this terminus daily. This is the main depot for Mogappair, CMBT, and MMDA bus terminals. Buses to various parts of the city passes through this terminus.

Bus transport is the major mode of transport in this region as it connects various parts of the city.

List of MTC bus routes from Anna Nagar West Bus Terminus

^Buses such as 7H, 7M, 7K, 147A, 147B, 27L, 27N, etc., start their trip from this terminus during lunchtime and return back on midnight.

List of MTC Bus Routes through Anna Nagar West Depot

Railway

Anna Nagar Railway Station

The Anna Nagar railway station was inaugurated in the year 2003. It is located on road that connects with Villivakkam. The railway line stretches for 3.09 kilometers and links Anna Nagar with the Tiruvallur-Chennai suburban line. Between 2003 and 2007, five suburban trains were operated from Anna Nagar to Chennai Beach via Villivakkam. The station was closed in 2007 for the construction of the Padi elevated rotary. However, after the completion of the rotary in 2009, the station remained closed owing to its low patronage. There were plans to reopen the station in 2011.^[2] None of them materialised, however.^[3]

The nearest metro stations to Anna Nagar West is the Thirumangalam metro station as a part of the Chennai Metro, which is in the final stages of its construction.

Education and health care

Schools, hospitals and guest houses define this suburb which abounds with schools and hospitals are a close second.

Schools in Anna Nagar West

• SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai
• SBOA Primary Campus
• SBOA Tiny Tyros Pre School
• Guild of Service
• CSI Ewart Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai
• Kutties, the first step day care
• British School
• Leo Matriculation and Higher Secondary School
• Shri Krishnaswamy Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• Vidvattva International School
• Mary Clubwala Jadhav Special High School
• Ajay Higher Secondary School for the hearing impared
• The Schram Academy

Hospitals in Anna Nagar West

• Madras Naturopathy & Siddha Hospital
• Silkee Laser Research Institute
• Scarf Hospital
• KKR ENT Hospital
• I.K. Hospitals
• Shivas Eye Care
• Heritage Ayurveda Clinic
• Christian Maternity Home clinic
• Excel Polyclinic
• Barking Fine Pet Clinic
• B's Creche & Play School

Location in context

Areas of Chennai

	Padi/Korattur	Kolathur	Villivakkam
	Padi		Anna Nagar
		Anna Nagar West
	Mogappair East	Padikuppam/Thirumangalam	Thirumangalam

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