Hassan–Bangalore section

Hassan-Bengaluru section
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Karnataka
Termini	Hassan Chikbanavara near Bengaluru
Service
Operator(s)	South Western Railway
History
Opened	2017
Technical
Track length	166 km (103 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Route map [[File:BSicon_km.svg|x20px|link=|alt=|<span style="font-size: 85%;">km</span>]] to Mangalore Junction 0.0 Hassan Junction to Arsikere Junction 3.9 to Mysore Junction 8.6 Channarayapatna 12.2 Shravanabelagola MYS limits SBC limits 14.1 B.G.Nagar 14.9 Adichunchanagiri 15.5 Yediyuru 19.5 Kunigal 23.5 Solapur 28.6 Nalamangala 37.4 Chikbanavara to Yesvantpur Junction to Bangalore Cantonment

Hassan-Bengaluru section belongs to Bangalore division of South Western Railway Zone.

History

The rail line from Hassan to Bangalore via Shravanabelagola, Kunigal, Nelamangala was announced in Railway Budget 1996. Later the work was started in the year 1998. There are two sections in this line. One is from Hassan to Shravanabelagola and the second one is from Shravanabelagola to Nelamangala and Bangalure.

Inaugural

A goods trial run was completed by 7 January 2006. The line was opened to traffic by 31 January 2006. Special trains were introduced on this line during Mahamastakabhisheka festival in 2006.

Stations on this Line

• 
  Channarayapatna
• 
  Hirisave
• 
  Shravanabelagola
• 
  Kunigal
• 
  Bellur Cross
• 
  Adichunchanagiri