Krishnarajapuram railway station


Krishnarajapuram railway station, also known as Krishnarajapura railway station is a suburb station located in Krishnarajapuram which is located about 14 km away from KSR Bengaluru station. It is one of the important railway station serving the Bengaluru metropolitan area and most of the trains have a stop here.
Some of the major routes include to the places of Howrah, Chennai Central, and Patna Jn. Some of the popular trains traveling to Bengaluru are Lal Bagh Express to Chennai operating 7 times a week, Kanyakumari Express to Kanyakumari operating 7 times a week, Chennai operating 6 times a week and Chennai–KSR Bengaluru Double Decker Express to Bengaluru operating 7 times a week.

Location

Krishnarajapuram railway station is located at the junction of the Old Madras Road and Outer Ring Road, Bangalore. The cable-stayed bridge of Old Madras Road crosses the tracks just near the station.

Structure & expansion

Krishnarajapuram station has about 4 platforms and 2 thorough tracks for non-stopping trains. Most of the long-distance trains stop at platform 4, while incoming trains heading to Bangalore City stop at platform 3. Platform 1 is long enough only for eight coaches so it is used for goods and mail trains.
And apart from that existing platforms could accommodate only 19 coaches whereas all the trains which stop here have 24 coaches which causes inconvenience to the passengers. So the extension of the platforms were approved by the railways which was completed in fifteen days.

Junction

Krishnarajapuram railway station is a junction on the KSR Bengaluru–Chennai main line with a line from Guntakal joining the track into the station. However the Guntakal track is mostly used by freight trains and oil tankers from Whitefield, though a few express trains from Tamil Nadu and Kerala heading towards the north do use this line, bypassing KSR Bengaluru in the process. With the commencement of the Yesvantpur railway station all trains moving towards Bangarpet from yesvantpur are given a stop here.

Station layout

This station consists of 4 platforms and 4 tracks which are connected by foot overbridge for passengers to board the express trains at the respective platforms. These platforms are built to accumulate 24-coach express trains.

Connectivity

This station is well connected to many parts of the city by BMTC buses. This station has two entrances to access it, the KR Puram – Outer Ring Road where the bus stops are and the other Vijinapura – KR Puram Market road which is far less crowded.