Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru) Station - A Brief
Located
in the heart of the famed garden city which has now earned the
prestigious sobriquet of India’s own Silicon Valley, the KSR Bengaluru
station has emerged as a major tourist friendly hub, organically tied up
with the growth and aspirations of this bustling metropolis. Through
corridors of time, the KSR Bengaluru Station has also kept
up the pace with the growth of the city and now evolved as an ‘A1’
category station boasting of world class facilities for a complete
travel and tourism experience.
This
station is located at a distance of 139 km from Mysuru, 261 km from
Tirupati, 347 km from Chennai, 348 km from Mangalore, 573 km from
Hyderabad, 514 km from Kochi and 595 km from Goa.
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru) Station enjoys
the unique advantage of being at stone’s throw to the major BMTC and
KSRTC intercity and interstate bus terminal as well as the upcoming
Metro station affording it an easy access to various parts of the city.
Apart from experiencing over 2.5 lakhs footfalls per day and running 111
pairs of passenger and express trains, It has a Customer Facilitation
Centre for the convenience of passengers and three Tourist Facilitation
Centres, one each of KSTDC, TTDC and IRCTC.
Adorned
by a sprawling garden, spacious concourse and circulating areas, KSR
Bengaluru station boasts of some unique passenger amenities like
round the clock May I Help You counter for foreign tourists, battery
opperated cart, two fully equipped AC waiting room, AC relaxation
lounge, free emergency medical care centre, ultra deluxe and
deluxe AC retiring room, modern signage, LED information display board,
station navigation system, Wi-Fi facility, lifts and escalators,
CCTV surveillance systems and baggage screening systems etc.
To
enrich the travel experience of the people and as a mark of promoting
and preserving the rich cultural legacy of Indian Railways, KSR
Bengaluru station is home to a Rail Gallery, a Rail Art Gallery as well
as a Rail Cartoon Gallery open to free viewer ship. In keeping with
times and technological advances towards eco-friendly solutions, KSR
Bengaluru station has a 10 Lakh litre water recycling plant and solar
heaters
KSR
Bengaluru station continuously strives towards affording a more
convenient and comfortable travel experience to the tourists and
passengers.
PASSENGER AMENITIES OVER BENGALURU CITY »
List of major Passenger amenities presently available at the station including approach infrastructure
| Sl. No. | Passenger amenities | Sl. No. | Passenger amenities |
| 1 | UTS Counters 25 | 34 | KSRTC & BMTC Bus Services |
| 2 | PRS Counters 12 | 35 | Battery operated Cart |
| 3 | Waiting hall | 36 | Lift at Platform -1 and 7/8 |
| 4 | Upper Class Waiting Room with bathing facility | 37 | Plastic Bottle Crushing machines |
| 5 | Second Class Waiting Room (Ladies) with bathing facility | 38 | Tourist information centre (GOK, IRCTC, GOTN) |
| 6 | Waiting Room (General) with bathing facility | 39 | Mask and sanitiser vending machine |
| 7 | Waiting lounge for Sr. Citizen and Physically challenged passengers | 40 | IRCTC Fast Food Stalls |
| 8 | AC Paid Lounge | 41 | Fruit and Juice stall |
| 9 | Non AC Paid Lounge | 42 | Cell Kitchen |
| 10 | AC Deluxe and Non-AC Retiring Room : (Online Booking www.kmagrand.org / +91 88612 18863 / +91 8022876777) | 43 | Milk stall |
| 11 | Dormitory (Online Booking www.kmagrand.org / +91 88612 18863 / +91 8022876777) | 44 | Miscellaneous Stall |
| 12 | Cloak Room | 45 | Food Plaza |
| 13 | Pay & Use Toilets | 46 | Modular Catering Stalls |
| 14 | Divyang Toilets | 47 | Water vending machines |
| 15 | Parking space for Divyang | 48 | Information signage boards (standardized) |
| 16 | Battery Operated Cars | 49 | Rail Cartoon Gallery |
| 17 | Wheel chairs | 50 | Rail Museum |
| 18 | Modern luggage trolley | 51 | Washable apron with jet cleaning |
| 19 | Customer facilitation Centre (Enquiry Counter) | 52 | Foot Over Bridge (Ramp type) connecting PF-1 to 10 |
| 20 | PCO & Mobile recharge booths | 53 | RO Water plants |
| 21 | Electronic Train Indicator board | 54 | Water Coolers |
| 22 | Electronic Coach Indicator board | 55 | Trolley Path connecting PF-1 to 10 |
| 23 | Electronic chart display system | 56 | Foot Over Bridge ( stair case type) |
| 24 | Current Reservation Display System | 57 | Automated Ticket Vending Machines |
| 25 | Spot your trains Display system | 58 | Child rehabilitation centre |
| 26 | CCTV train information system | 59 | ATM Facility in circulating area |
| 27 | Public Address System/Computer based announcement | 60 | Escalators connecting FOB at PF No.-1, 2/3, 4 5&6, 7/8, 9/10 |
| 28 | MCO centre (For defence personnel) | 61 | Mobile and Lap top charging centre |
| 29 | Wi-Fi facility | 62 | Integrated Security Surveillance System |
| 30 | Two wheeler parking | 63 | Complaint rederesal system:- Passenger Helpline-139 Security Helpline - 182 Children Helpline - 1098 Women’s Help Line-9731666725 Twitter- @drmsbc; @srdcmsbc |
| 31 | Four Wheeler parking | 64. | Customer Facilitation Centre |
| 32 | Pre paid Taxi Stand | | |
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Details of connectivity with other modes of transport:-
ØConnected with Kempegowda station Majestic (BMRCL) -1st Entry
ØConnected with KSRTC Bus stand (Majestic) with subway -1st Entry
ØConnected with Gubbi Thotadappa Road-1st Entry
ØConnected with Okhalipuram Road-2nd Entry
ØConnected with City Railway (Metro) station (BMRCL) Entry from 3rd Entry
ØConnected with City Railway (Metro) station (BMRCL) Entry from PF-10 side
