Bangalore railway division

Bangalore railway division is one of the three railway divisions under South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed in 1971 and its headquarter is located at Bangalore 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 in charge of Bangalore Division, the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) is Shyam Singh.^[3][4][5]

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Bangalore railway division and their station category.^[6][7][8]

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	Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmapuri, Hosur
C Category (Suburban station)	3	Marikuppam, Oorgaum, Coromandel
D Category	-	-
E Category	-	-
F Category Halt Station	-	-
Total	20	-

Stations closed for Passengers -

Thanisandra railway station

References

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. "SHRI SHYAM SINGH TAKES OVER AS DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER, BENGALURU DIVISION". Indian Railways. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
4. "Shyam Singh takes over as Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru Division". The Free Press Journal. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
5. "New DRM for SWR's Bengaluru railway division". Deccan Herald. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
6. "CLASSIFICATION OF STATIONS BASED ON EARNINGS & PASSENGERS FOOTFALL". Indian Railways. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
7. "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.
8. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.