Bangalore railway division

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Bengaluru railway division is one of the three railway divisions under South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka of India.

Mysuru railway division, and Hubballi railway division are the other railway divisions under SWR Zone headquartered at Hubballi.[1][2]

The overall incharge or the Divisional Railway Manager(DRM) of Bengaluru is A.K.Verma.

List of railway stations and towns[edit]

The list includes the stations under the Bangalore railway division and their station category.[3][4][5]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
A-1 Category 2 Bangalore City, Yesvantpur Junction
A Category 10 Bangarapet, Bangalore Cantonment, Whitefield, Kengeri,Krishnarajapuram, Malur, Banaswadi, Kolar, Chintamani, Yelhanka Junction
B Category 4 Sri Satyasai Prasanthi Nilayam, Anantpur, Dharmapuri, Hosur
C Category
(Suburban station)
2 Marikuppam, oorgaum
D Category - -
E Category - -
F Category
Halt Station
- -
'Total|16 - -

Stations closed for Passengers - Thanisandra Station

References[edit]

  1. "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Bangalore Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. "CLASSIFICATION OF STATIONS BASED ON EARNINGS & PASSENGERS FOOTFALL". Indian Railways. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.


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