Three railway stations in suburban Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, are getting at least 11 escalators, Express News Service reports. Serving a metro area on the Coromandel coast off the Bay of Bengal that is a cultural, economic and educational hub, the stations are Chennai Beach, which is getting five escalators; Tambaram, which is getting four; and Tiruvallur, which is getting two. Members of Parliament laid the foundation stones for the new units in the presence of senior railway officials on March 8.