Bangalore railway division

Bangalore railway division is one of the three railway divisions under the jurisdiction of South Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[1] This railway division was formed in 1971 and its headquarter is located at Bangalore in the state of Karnataka of India.[2]

Mysuru railway division, and Hubballi railway division are the other railway divisions under SWR Zone headquartered at Hubballi.[3][4]

The overall in charge of Bangalore Division, the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) is Shyam Singh.[5][6][7]

The division operated India's first ACT1 double decker freight train from Penukoda in Andhra Pradesh to Farukhnagar in Haryana on 6 February 2025. The train carried 264 SUV's in 33 wagons.[8]

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Bangalore railway division and their station category.[9][10][11]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
A-1 Category 3 KSR Bengaluru, Yesvantpur Junction, SMVT Bengaluru
A Category 11 Bangarapet Junction, Bangalore Cantonment, Whitefield, Kengeri, Krishnarajapuram, Kuppam, Malur, Banaswadi, Gauribidanur,Yelahanka Junction,
B Category 3 Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmapuri, Hosur
C Category
(Suburban station)		 3 Marikuppam, Oorugam, Coromandel
D Category - -
E Category - -
F Category
Halt Station		 - -
Total 20 -

Stations closed for Passengers -

Thanisandra railway station

References

  1. ↑ "Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways (Government of India). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "List of UTS Locations over Bengaluru Division".
  3. ↑ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bangalore Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "SHRI SHYAM SINGH TAKES OVER AS DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER, BENGALURU DIVISION". Indian Railways. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Shyam Singh takes over as Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru Division". The Free Press Journal. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "New DRM for SWR's Bengaluru railway division". Deccan Herald. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Bengaluru operates India's first ACT1 double-deck freight train to transport 264 cars". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "CLASSIFICATION OF STATIONS BASED ON EARNINGS & PASSENGERS FOOTFALL". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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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