Chennai Central railway station
Incidents
Incidents
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On 14 August 2006, a major fire broke out in Chennai Central, completely destroying a bookshop.

On 29 April 2009, a suburban EMU train from [Chennai Central Suburban terminal](/wiki/Moore_Market "Moore Market") was hijacked by an unidentified man, who rammed it into a stationary goods train at the [Vyasarpadi Jeeva railway station](/wiki/Vyasarpadi_Jeeva_railway_station "Vyasarpadi Jeeva railway station"),  northwest of Chennai Central. Four passengers were killed and 11 were injured. The train, which was scheduled to depart at 5:15 am, started at 4:50 am instead. The train was moving with a speed of 92 km per hour with 35 passengers on board at the time of collision.

On 6 August 2012, a man hailing from Nepal perched atop the clock tower of the station's main building, creating a commotion. He was later safely persuaded back down the tower by the City Police and Southern Railway officials.

On 1 May 2014, [the station witnessed](/wiki/2014_Chennai_train_bombing "2014 Chennai train bombing") two low\-intensity blasts in two coaches S4 and S5 of the stationary [Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express](/wiki/Guwahati%E2%80%93Bengaluru_Cantt._Superfast_Express "Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express"), killing one female passenger and injuring at least fourteen.

In April 2020, all trains were cancelled till 30 September, except Chennai Central \- New Delhi Rajdhani Express due to [COVID\-19](/wiki/COVID-19 "COVID-19").


What are some measures that can be taken to prevent blasts on trains?