ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Bangalore Division came into existence on 27.7.1981.This Division was carved out from the erstwhile Madras and Mysore Divisions of Southern Railway. The Division is on a broad gauge system and encompasses 15 districts of three States:
Sl. No. | State | Districts |
1 | KARNATAKA | Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Tumkur, Mysore,Mandya, Ramanagaram, Chikballapur, Kolar & Hassan |
2 | TAMIL NADU | Krishnnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem & Vellore. |
3 | ANDRA PRADESH | Anantapur & Chittoor |
The division has 1132.818 Route kilometer of track, out of which 787.857Kms are in Karnataka, 173.671Kms in Tamil Nadu and 171.290Kms in Andhra Pradesh.There are total 133 stations, out of which 104 are situated in Karnataka, 14 in Tamil Nadu and 15 in Andhra Pradesh.
ROUTE KILOMETERS
ROUTE | SECTION | ROUTE KMS |
B | Jolarpettai (Excl) – Bangalore city, Baiyyappanahalli – Dharmavaram (via CSDR,MKJ) & Krishnarajpuram – Channasandra Bye Pass Line | 316.516 |
D | Bangalore – Mysore, Bangalore – Sampige Road, Salem (Excl)--Baiyyappanahalli, Lottegolahalli-Chikbanavar (Bye pass) | 407.17 |
E | Yesvantpur – Yelahanka, Penukonda – Dharmavaram (excl. via SSPN), Bangarpet – Marikuppam, Yelahanka – Chikkballapur- Kolar – Bangarpet, Baiyyappanahalli cabin - Yesvantpur, Baiyyappanahalli – Banaswadi, Chikbanavar – Hassan via Neelmangala and Shravanbelgola, and Baiyyappanahalli – Vimanapura (Goods only) | 420.282 |
CLASSIFICATION OF STATIONS
Stations have been classified as NSG1, NSG2, NSG3, NSG4, NSG5, NSG6,HG1, HG2, HG3 on the basis of Annual passenger earnings and Passenger Footfall.
| Category of Station | Annual Passenger Earnings (Rs) | Passenger Footfall(Nos) | Total No. of Stations |
| NSG1 | Above 500 Crores | Above 20 million | 1 |
| NSG 2 | 100 to 500 Crores | 10 to 20 Million | 1 |
| NSG 3 | 20 to 100 Crores | 5 to 10 Million | 5 |
| NSG 4 | 10 to 20 Crores | 2 to 5 Million | 10 |
| NSG 5 | 1 to 10 Crores | 1 to 2 Million | 17 |
| NSG 6 | Upto 1 Crore | Upto 1 Million | 63 |
| HG 1 | Mora than 50 Lakhs | More than 3 lakhs | Nil |
| HG 2 | 5 to 50 Lakhs | 1 to 3 Lakhs | 11 |
| HG 3 | Upto 5 Lakhs | Upto 1 Lakh | 23 |
| Total No. of Stations |
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| 131 |
