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Overview of Bangalore City Railway Station – SBC

Bangalore City Railway Station (codenamed SBC) is one of the busiest stations within Southern Western Railways. The station is located in the heart of the city and handles close to 220,000 passengers daily. It station has ten platforms and handles 88 trains daily including 63 express trains. The city station is a central hub in Southern India and has connectivity with every major railway station in the country. Located opposite to the Kempegowda Bus Station, the Bangalore City station has high passenger density and railways are preferred means of transportation among the city dwellers.

Bangalore City Station is equipped with 18 reservation counters and 25 unreserved ticket counters. The station also is major coaching terminal with six tracks for train maintenance services. Indeed, the city station was once part of Mysore State Railways promoted by Princely State of Mysore. Five major railway lines cross Bangalore City station towards Chennai, Hosur, Mysore, Tumkur, and Hyderabad. These lines provide interface with Western, Northern, and Eastern Railway Zones. All the railway lanes originating from Bangalore City were electrified and have been operational for some time.

The station hosts a variety of passenger amenities ranging from digital reservation charts, advance reservation display, reflective indication boards, ATM facility, telephone booths, dedicated baby care facility, well-maintained dormitories, air-conditioned lounge, and ‘May I Help You’ centre. The technology played a vital role in the station maintenance and other information services offered are really a great help to the passengers. Information kiosks, Paid waiting lounge, tourist information centres, ferry cart, on-board entertainment, emergency medical centre, book stalls, escalators, and Interactive Voice Responsive System (IVRS) services position Bangalore City station as one of the sophisticated stations in the country.

Bangalore City station also provides high quality of food restaurants, continuous water supply, emphasis on cleanliness & maintenance of the station and support for the differently abled within the confines of the station perimeter. These value-added services turn the experience of travelling so pleasurable visiting Bangalore City station. There are multiple transportation services from the city station. Apart from the bus services opposite to the railway station, there are prepaid taxi services, car rental service, prepaid autos, and intercity bus service from the station. The Station puts great focus on the safety of the passengers using the Indian Railways and is equipped with bomb detection squad, CCTV surveillance, baggage checking counter, and a strong contingent of Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Army Intelligence.

The City Station also houses an art gallery, heritage gallery, murals walls, cartoon gallery, statues and LED lighting to entertain the passengers during their time at the station. The heritage gallery archives lot of history on the Indian Railways and how the Bangalore division was set up during the early 1981. The evolution of the Southern Western Railways is explained through paintings. Bangalore city station is the highest revenue generating station for the entire Bangalore division, which comprises of 989 Kilometres across three states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway stations to the Bangalore City are Yesvantpur Junction (5 KM), Baiyyappanahalli (11 KM), and Krishnarajapuram (14 KM). All these three satellite stations were developed over the years to reduce passenger traffic at the Bangalore City station.

Nearby Railway Stations to Bangalore City Railway Station –

The station codenamed YPR serves as the first satellite station for Bangalore City station. Yesvantpur junction is located on the Bangalore – Miraj main line and crossing with trains heading to Hubli. The station is located in Yesvantpur region and is one of the fast developing parts of the sub-urban Bangalore city. With close proximity to this station, many dwellers prefer to board from Yesvantpur junction. There are few super-fast and express trains originating from this station, as well.

  • Baiyyappanahalli Railway Station –

This station codenamed BYPL is third satellite station developed to supplement the Bangalore city station. The station also has the capacity for the coach maintenance services and recently received 80 crore funding for development of a new coach terminal. Baiyyappanahalli station will likely have new trains originating from here to other parts of the country to decongest the Bangalore and Yesvantpur stations. The station houses a metro station, interstate bus terminal, and modernisation is underway to upgrade the facilities and amenities. The metro station is part of the Namma Metro project in Bangalore.

A suburb station in Krishnarajapuram and at a distance of 14 km from Bangalore City Railway station, Krishnarajapuram Railway Station is situated at the junction of Outer Ring Road, Bangalore and Old Madras Road (NH 4) with a line from Guntakal also joining the track into the station. Since it serves International Tech Park along with the local population, most of the trains stop here.

Trains Passing through Bangalore City Railway Station (SBC) –

Train No. Train Name Arr. Time Dep. Time
Mysore – Varanasi Premium Special
08:00
08:30
BSB-MYS PRUM EXP SPL
14:10
14:30
Mysore – Santragachi Premium Special
08:00
08:30
SRC-MYS PRUM SPL
14:10
14:30
DBG SBC SPECIAL
23:00
destination
MYS SNSI EXPRESS(MYS-SNSI)
08:13
08:25
MYS BSB EXP
09:55
10:00
BSB MYS SPL
00:10
00:15
BANGALORE EXP
10:00
destination
BANGALORE SPL
21:00
destination
Mumbai LTT – Coimbatore (Kurla) Express
21:50
22:15
Coimbatore – Mumbai LTT (Kurla) Express
15:45
16:00
UDYAN EXPRESS
08:50
destination
Udyan Express
origin
20:30
Chennai-Mysore Shatabdi Express(MAS-MYS)
10:50
11:00
Mysore Chennai Shatabdi Express(MYS-MAS)
16:15
16:25
Chennai Bangalore Shatabdi Express(MAS-SBC)
22:30
destination
Bangalore Chennai Shatabdi Express(SBC-MAS)
origin
06:00
Bangalore City-Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express
origin
06:00
Hubli Bangalore Janshatabdi Express
21:25
destination
Sanghamitra SF Express
origin
09:00
Sanghamitra SF Express
20:20
destination
Bangalore – Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express(SBC-NZM)
origin
20:20
Bangalore Rajdhani Express(NZM-SBC)
06:40
destination
Bangalore-Hazrat Nizammudin Rajdhani Express(SBC-NZM)
origin
20:20
Bangalore-Hazrat Nizammudin Rajdhani Express(NZM-SBC)
06:40
destination
Bangalore-Guwahati (Kaziranga) Express
origin
23:30
Guwahati-Bangalore (Kaziranga) SF Express
11:50
destination
Bagmati SF weekly Express(DBG-SBC)
20:40
20:55
Bagmati Weekly SF Express(SBC-DBG)
09:55
10:10
Lalbagh Express
21:35
destination
Lalbagh Express
origin
06:30
Chennai-Bangalore Intercity Express
20:05
destination
Bangalore-Chennai InterCity Express
origin
08:00
Tippu Express
13:45
destination
Tippu Express
origin
15:00
Karnataka Express
origin
19:20
Karnataka Express
13:40
destination
Brindavan Express
14:00
destination
Brindavan Express
origin
15:00
Chennai – Bangalore Mail
05:10
destination
Bangalore-Chennai Mail
origin
22:40
Bangalore City-Ernakulam Intercity Express
origin
06:15
Ernakulam-Bangalore City InterCity Express
19:50
destination
Ernakulam Bangalore SF Express
04:20
destination
Bangalore Ernakulam SF Express
origin
18:45
Chennai Central – Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam Express
05:25
05:40
SatyaSai Prashanti Nilayam-Chennai Central Express
22:13
23:00
Siddhaganga Intercity Express
origin
13:00
Siddhaganga InterCity Express
14:05
destination
Kacheguda – Bangalore City SF Express
06:25
destination
Bangalore City – Kacheguda SF Express
origin
18:20
Mysore-Jaipur SF Express
12:55
13:00
Jaipur-Mysore SF Express
12:50
13:00
Bangaloreâ??Dibrugarh Weekly Express
origin
23:55
Dibrugarhâ??Bangalore Weekly Express
11:50
destination
Kaveri Express
03:30
04:00
KAVERI EXPRESS
23:25
23:45
Bangalore City-Shimoga Town InterCity Express
origin
15:30
Shimoga Town -Bangalore City InterCity Express
11:55
destination
Ajmer-Mysore Express
03:15
03:30
Mysore-Ajmer Express
21:30
21:50
Chamundi Express
09:30
destination
Chamundi Express
origin
18:15
Mysore-Sainagar Shirdi Express(MYS-SNSI)
07:55
08:15
Sainagar Shirdi – Mysore Weekly Express(SNSI-MYS)
03:15
03:30
Kaveri Express(MYS-MAS)
23:25
23:45
Kaveri Express(MAS-MYS)
04:00
04:15
Bangalore-Talguppa Express
origin
23:00
Talguppa-Bangalore Express
04:30
destination
BSB-MYS BI WEEKLY EXP(BSB-MYS)
00:10
00:15
Mayiladuthurai-Mysore Express
05:50
06:00
Mysore – Mayiladuthurai Express
18:50
19:00
Tuticorin- Mysore Express
06:40
07:00
Mysore-Tuticorin Express
21:00
21:15
Bangalore City-Kochuveli Express
origin
17:15
Kochuveli-Bangalore Express
08:35
destination
Bangalore Tiruvananthapuram Weekly Express(SBC-TVC)
origin
17:15
Tiruvananthapuram Bangalore Weekly Express(TVC-SBC)
08:35
destination
Gandhidham-Bangalore City Express
03:15
destination
Bangalore City – Gandhidham Express
origin
21:50
Bhagat Ki Kothi – Bangalore Express
03:15
destination
Bangalore – Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
origin
21:50
Bangalore – Kannur Express [via Mysore]
origin
20:00
Kannur – Bangalore (Via Mysore) Express
08:20
destination
Jolarpettai Bangalore Express(JTJ-SBC)
08:00
destination
Bangalore Jolarpettai Express(SBC-JTJ)
origin
17:30
Bangarpet-Bangalore Express(BWT-SBC)
23:25
destination
Bangalore Bangarpet Express(SBC-BWT)
origin
19:35
Island Express
07:20
destination
Island Express
origin
20:00
Udyan Express(CSTM-SBC)
08:50
destination
Udyan Express(SBC-CSTM)
origin
20:00
Ajmer – Bangalore Garib Nawaz Express
04:45
destination
Bangalore – Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express
origin
17:00
Bhagat Ki Kothi – Bangalore City Express
04:45
destination
Bangalore City – Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
origin
17:00
Gol Gumbaz Express
18:25
18:45
Gol Gumbaz Express
08:10
08:15
Bangalore-Nagercoil Weekly Express(SBC-NCJ)
origin
23:05
Nagercoil-Bangalore Express(NCJ-SBC)
04:00
destination
Mysore Bangalore Rajya Rani Express(MYS-SBC)
19:40
destination
Bangalore Mysore Rajya Rani Express(SBC-MYS)
origin
08:15
Mysore-Yeshvantapur Express(MYS-YPR)
16:50
17:00
Yeshvantapur-Mysore Express(YPR-MYS)
10:20
10:25
Rani Chennamma Express
origin
21:15
Rani Chennamma Express
07:00
destination
Hampi Express
06:10
06:30
Hampi Express
21:50
22:00
Hazur Sahib Nanded-Bangalore City Express
05:30
destination
Bangalore City-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express
origin
22:45
Tuticorin Mysore Express(TN-MYS)
06:40
07:00
Mysore-Tuticorin Express(MYS-TN)
21:10
21:20
Seshadri Express
origin
11:00
Seshadri Express
12:30
destination
NAGERCOIL EXP
origin
17:00
BANGALORE EXP
09:05
destination
Mysore Yesvantpur Express(MYS-YPR)
15:05
15:10
Yesvantpur Mysore Express(YPR-MYS)
11:30
11:35
Basava Express
16:40
17:00
Basava Express
10:45
11:15
Prashanti Express
12:05
destination
Prashanti Express
origin
14:00
Ernakulam-Bangalore Weekly SF Express(ERS-SBC)
04:20
destination
Bangalore-Ernakulam Weekly SF Express(SBC-ERS)
origin
18:45
SBC DOUBLE DECK
13:10
destination
MAS DOUBLE DECK
origin
14:30
Mysore-Chennai SF Express(MYS-MAS)
22:45
23:00
Chennai-Mysore SF Express(MAS-MYS)
05:30
05:40
Bangalore City – Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express
origin
20:20
Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bangalore City Rajdhani Express
06:40
destination
Bangalore City-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express
origin
20:20
Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bangalore City Rajdhani Express
06:40
destination
HWH MYS EXPRESS(HWH-MYS)
00:45
01:15
MYS HOWRAH EXPRESS(MYS-HWH)
03:00
03:15
Chamarajanagar-Tirupati Fast Passenger
20:40
20:45
Tirupati-Chamarajanagar Fast Passenger
06:55
07:30
Hospet – Bangalore Passenger
05:15
destination
Chikjajur-Hospet Passenger(JRU-HPT)
origin
23:30