Tambaram Sanatorium

Tambaram Sanatorium is a locality between Chromepet and Tambaram, in Chennai, India. The neighbourhood is served by Tambaram Sanatorium railway station on the Chennai Beach–Villupuram section via Tambaram of the Chennai suburban railway.It was originally a part of Tambaram, but later developed as a separate town due to the railway station and the TB Sanatorium and the Madras Export Processing Zone located there. Along with TB Sanatorium, an institution was started by the State Government, for giving training to socially and economically deprived women . Before MEPZ came, a big FCI godown was started to store food grains for public distribution system.Origin of the NameTambaram Sanatorium gets its name from the Sanatorium that was opened by Chowri Muthu in April 1928Bus terminusThe mofussil bus terminus in Tambaram Sanatorium handles outstation buses from the locality. Built on a 3.77 acre land at a cost of about 50 million,Bus DepotsTambaram Sanatorium hosts 2 Bus depots located in the Same Campus.it houses the Tambaram Depot of MTC and Tambaram Depot of TNSTC-Kanchipuram Region