We all know Chennai is one of the three most important cities in the South, the other two being Hyderabad and Bangalore. Two more reasons Chennai is best known for are – a) its stance as the leading port of the country with most of the maritime cargo trade taken care of by the city, and b) its very hot and humid weather due to its tropical placement.
The city is also known for its rich culture and history. Chennai is situated by the Bay of Bengal and on the Coromandel Coast on the western part of India. Chennai is often referred to as the Indian ‘City of Commerce’.
Mumbai is the city where people come from every nook and corner of the world to see dreams take off or crash miserably. Mumbai is well known as the financial capital of India and also has a major port that handles a lot of goods trade. With a population of 14 million, out of which a transient population comprises most of the population, Mumbai is the most populated city of India.
Mumbai is known to have warm weather and is specially known as the ‘City of Dreams’. The city is also popularly known by the epithet ‘City that Never Sleeps’. You will find local shops and certain coffee shops open throughout the night. Not only that, you will find people shopping and roaming around on the roads at any time of the night; an aspect you will find nowhere else in the country.
Mumbai was earlier called Bombay and is home to the film industry, ‘Bollywood’, which has a name in the film world as the highest producer of movies in the world. Mumbai nightlife is also talked about as one of the most happening ones in India besides Delhi and Bangalore.
Chennai Express, Mumbai Express, Mumbai Mail are some express trains that take you from Chennai to Mumbai in around 24 hours of time. Other than trains, there are a number of flight operators and bus operators that provide their service from Chennai to Mumbai. Since both metropolitan cities are centers of trade and commerce, transport from one to the other has to be easily available and abundant in number. Air India and Indigo are some of the many airline operators that run their service on this route. By cab, it’ll take almost 27 hours to reach Mumbai from Chennai.
