Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station
Facilities
Amenities available at the station include Passenger Reservation Centre (PRS), Waiting halls, AC VIP lounge, enquiry counters, essential stalls, Food plaza, ATM along with the other basic facilities. Hand trolley facility are provided to porters for carrying luggage of passengers with no change in fare charged by the porters.
Considering the need of medical services at the station by Bengaluru Division of the South Western Railway opened a clinic in February, 2014 which would provide free emergency medical services for the train travellers.
In the future, the Namma Metro's Pink Line will connect the Cantonment Railway station between Kalena Agrahara and Nagawara. A skywalk is proposed to connect the metro station with the railway station.
Station Layout
This station consists of 7 platforms and 8 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.
| G | North Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P | Platform 3 | Towards → Kolar Next Station: Bangalore East |
| FOB, Island platform | P2 & P3 Doors will open on the right | P2 & P3 – Express & DEMU Lines | ||
| Platform 2 | Towards → Jolarpettai Junction / MGR Chennai Central Next Station: Krishnarajapuram | |
| Platform 1 | Towards ← KSR Bengaluru / Mysore Junction | |
| FOB, Island platform | P1 & P-1A Doors will open on the left | P1 & P-1A – Express & Vande Bharat Lines | ||
| Platform 1A | Towards → Baiyyappanahalli Next Station: Hosur / Krishnarajapuram | |
| Platform 1B | Towards → Baiyyappanahalli Next Station: Hosur / Krishnarajapuram | |
| Island platform | P-1B Doors will open on the right | P-1C Doors will open on the left Platforms 1A and 1B are dedicated for Vande Bharat Express trains and also for MEMU trains | ||
| Platform 1C | Towards → Baiyyappanahalli Next Station: Bangalore East | |
| Platform 1D | Towards → Baiyyappanahalli Next Station: Bangalore East | |
| Island platform | P-1D doors will open on the right | P-1E Not in Operation | ||
| Platform 1E | Side Line (Not in Operation) | |
| G | South Entrance Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
Expansion
Bengaluru Cantonment station got a face lift with the remodelled entrance and ticketing counter behind the platform 2 which was opened to public in January 2011 by K Muniyappa, Union minister of state for railways.
Trains
Chennai–Bangalore Double Decker Express has a stop at Bengaluru Cantonment railway station. Following is the table of list of trains passing through Bangalore Cantonment station every day.
| Train no. | Train name | Train type | Source | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20642 | Vande Bharat Express | Express | Bangalore Cantonment (BNC) | Coimbatore Junction (CBE) |
| 20672 | Vande Bharat Express | Express | Bangalore Cantonment (BNC) | Madurai Junction (MDU) |
| 12578 | Bagmati Express | Express | Mysore Junction (MYS) | Darbhanga Junction (DBG) |
| 12577 | Bagmati Express | Express | Darbhanga Junction (DBG) | Mysore Junction (MYS) |
| 06347 | Bangalore Express | Express | Ernakulam Junction (ERS) | Bangalore City (SBC) |
| 06506 | Bangalore Express | Express | Hindupur (HUP) | Bangalore City (SBC) |
| 16525 | Bangalore Express | Express | Kanyakumari (CAPE) | Bangalore City (SBC) |
| 12785 | Mysuru Express | Express | Kacheguda (KCG) | Mysuru Jn(MYS) |
| 06235 | Bangalore Express | Express | Mysore Junction (MYS) | Chennai Central (MAS) |
| 06234 | Bangalore Express | Express | Rameswaram (RMM) | Mysore Junction (MYS) |
| 16322 | Bangalore Express | Express | Trivandrum Central (TVC) | Bangalore City (SBC) |
| 76508 | BWT-BNC DEMU Express | Express | Bangarapet Junction (BWT) | Bangalore City (SBC) |
See also
References
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