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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

First Centralized AC Railway Terminal - Bangalore

First Centralized AC Railway Terminal - Bangalore


  • India’s First Centralized Air Conditioned Railway Terminal

  • At Bangalore ( Baiyappanahalli )

  • Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir  M. Visvesvaraya

  •  To meet the ever increasing demand for new trains

  • Sanctioned in 2015-16

  • Cost - Rs. 300 Crores (Approx)

  •  It decongest the existing Railway Stations at KSR Bengaluru and Yesvantpur.

  • Airport like facade

  •  State-of-the-art passenger amenities

  • 4200 Sq Meters area

  • Daily footfall - 50 thousand

  • Can operate 50 trains daily

  • Grand canopy over the Station Building concourse (like in Airports)

  • Fully AC entrancy Lobby

  • Good parking facility

  • 7 Platforms (along with 8 stabling lines and 3 pit lines)

  • Food courts, Escalators, Lifts, FOB, Subways

  • Water recycling plant - 4 Lakh liters capacity per day