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| name = Anna Nagar West
| native_name = அண்ணா நகர் மேற்கு
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'''Anna Nagar West''' ({{lang-ta|அண்ணா நகர் மேற்கு}}) is a township in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It is the western part of [[Anna Nagar]] and is one of the most socially active locations in [[Chennai]]. The area serves as a major transport and residential hub within the city. It is also connected by the contemporary [[Chennai Metro|metro 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 the [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|Metropolitan Transport Corporation]].

==History==
Anna Nagar West began as a [[suburb]]an village in connection with the urban development of [[Anna Nagar]] near [[Chennai]] at the time of the 1968 World Trade Fair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://muthusamyphotostream.blogspot.com/2015/08/chennai-anna-nagar-township-emerged.html|title=Muthusamy's Photo Stream: Chennai Anna Nagar Township Emerged from World Trade Fair 1968: Madras Week 2015 Photowalk Experience|date=2015-08-24|website=Muthusamy's Photo Stream|access-date=2017-01-24}}</ref> 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 and [[Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road|M.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.[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/breaking-new-ground-anna-nagar-kilpauk-join-elite-club/article3585854.ece]

==Transportation==

===Road===
The roads of Anna Nagar West are laid in a grid pattern.

Anna Nagar West bus terminus is situated on the [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]]. It is one of the largest bus terminals in Chennai and was built by the [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC)]] in 1973. As it fell in the Aynavaram [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] region, its code was "ANW", then "ANI" and then "ANJ". The terminus houses about 232 buses of which 213 are used daily.<ref>Vijaiya R. K. [http://www.mtcbus.org/FleetAndSchduledService.asp Chennai bus services] MTC Chennai 25 November 2012</ref> About 50,000 people use this terminus daily. it is the hub for the [[Mogappair]], [[CMBT]], and [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|MMDA]] bus terminals.

===Railway===
The [[Anna Nagar railway station]] was inaugurated in 2003. It is located on the road to [[Villivakkam]]. A {{convert|3.09|km|mi}} railway line links Anna Nagar with the [[West Line, Chennai Suburban|Tiruvallur-Chennai]] suburban line. The nearest [[Chennai Metro]] station to Anna Nagar West is the [[Thirumangalam metro station]].

Between 2003 and 2007, five suburban trains ran from Anna Nagar to [[Chennai Beach railway station|Chennai Beach]] via [[Villivakkam railway station|Villivakkam]]. The station was closed in 2007 for the construction of the [[Padi Junction]] (an elevated roundabout or rotary). However, after the completion of the junction in 2009, the station remained closed due to low patronage.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Train-service-from-Anna-Nagar-to-resume/articleshow/7518360.cms | newspaper=The Times Of India | date=18 February 2011 | title=Train service from Anna Nagar to resume | first=V | last=Ayyappan | access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/padi-and-anna-nagar-wait-for-rail-link/article4615682.ece | first=T. | last=Madhavan | date=14 April 2013 | newspaper=The Hindu | title=Padi and Anna Nagar wait for rail link | access-date=5 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Schools==
* 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 impaired
* The Schram Academy
* Chinmaya Vidyalaya
* Kendriya Vidyalaya
*[https://www.vrukshamontessori.com/ VRUKSHA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONTESSORI]

==Hospitals==
* Madras Naturopathy & Siddha Hospital
* Be Well Hospitals
* 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==
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Areas of Chennai'''
|Northwest = [[Padi, Chennai|Padi]]/[[Korattur]]
|North = [[Kolathur, Chennai|Kolathur]]
|Northeast = [[Villivakkam]]
|West = [[Padi, Chennai|Padi]]
|Centre = Anna Nagar West
|East = [[Anna Nagar]]
|Southwest = [[Mogappair|Mogappair East]]
|South = [[Mogappair|Padikuppam]]/[[Thirumangalam, Chennai|Thirumangalam]]
|Southeast = [[Thirumangalam, Chennai|Thirumangalam]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai topics}}
{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]

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>Prithivirajan2293 at 09:50, 13 September 2021