Baiyyappanahalli railway station

Railway station in Bangalore, India

Preceding station		Following station
Bangalore East towards Bangalore City	Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Jolarpettai–Bangalore section	Krishnarajapuram towards Chennai Central
Bangalore East towards Bangalore City		Channasandra towards Yelahanka Junction
Banaswadi towards Yesvantpur Junction		Krishnarajapuram towards Chennai Central
Banaswadi towards Yesvantpur Junction		Channasandra towards Yelahanka Junction
Bangalore East towards Bangalore City	Salem Junction–Bangalore City line Baiyappanahalli–Omalur Junction section	Bellandur Road towards Hosur or Salem Junction
Banaswadi towards Yesvantpur Junction		Bellandur Road towards Hosur or Salem Junction

Location

Baiyyappanahalli railway station (station code: BYPL) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyappanahalli, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka which is located about 13 km away from the Bangalore City railway station and serves Baiyyappanahalli, Indiranagar, Krishnarajapuram and HAL areas.^[1]

Development

South Western Railway (SWR) developed Baiyyappanahalli, located on the eastern part of the city, as the third railway terminal for the city along with facilities in 2008 due to no space around the Bangalore City railway station.^[2] Work on a third coaching terminal has begun and is expected to be complete by March 2020. It is a Railway Junction, dividing the direct single electrified line to Salem via Hosur-Dharmapuri and the electrified double line towards Jolarpettai via Krishnarajapuram.^[3]

Structure

Baiyyappanahalli railway station is designed to be a replica of the Terminal 1A building of the Kempegowda International Airport, located in the same city. The station has two platforms and 4 tracks each running to 650m in length along with shelters, lighting, benches and a booking office Facilities such as parking, footbridge or Skyway^[4] and toilets are available.

Station Layout

G	North Entrance Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P	FOB, Side platform \| P2 Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	Towards → Jolarpettai Junction next station is Krishnarajapuram
	Track 2	Towards → Jolarpettai Junction / MGR Chennai Central (Express Lines)
	Track 1	Towards ← KSR Bengaluru / Mysore Junction (Express Lines)
	Platform 1	Towards ← KSR Bengaluru next station is Bangalore East
	FOB, Side platform \| P1 Doors will open on the left
G	South Entrance Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter

References

^ "IRSDC's first 50 world-class stations by 2022". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "Big plans for Byappanahalli railway station". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "Baiyappanahalli terminal deadline pushed to March 2020". Deccan Herald. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "BMRCL to build skywalk at Byappanahalli metro terminal". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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Railway stations in Karnataka

SWRTooltip South Western Railway zone

Bangalore	Bangalore City Bangalore Cantonment Bangalore East Bangarapet Junction Baiyyappanahalli Banaswadi Hoodi Halt Kempegowda International Airport halt Kengeri Kolar Krishnadevaraya halt Krishnarajapuram Kuppam (Part of KATooltip Karnataka and APTooltip Andhra Pradesh) Nayandahalli Shrirangapattana Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Whitefield Yesvantpur Junction Yelahanka Junction
Hubli	Almatti Bagalkot Badami Basavana Bagewadi Road Belagavi Ballari Junction Bijapur Castle Rock Dharwad Gadag Junction Gangavathi Ginigera Junction Hole Alur Hosapete Junction Hubli Junction Indi road Karatagi Koppal Londa Junction Mallapur Sindhanur Toranagallu
Mysore	Anandapuram Arsikere Junction Ashokapuram Badanaguppe Chamarajanagar Chamarajapuram Chikkamagaluru Chinnadagudihundi Davangere Hassan Junction Kabaka Puttur Kadakola Kadur Junction Kavalande Konanur Mariyala Gangavadi Mysore Junction Nanjangud Town Narasambudhi Subrahmanya Road Sujathapuram Tandavapura

SCRTooltip South Central Railway zone

Secunderabad	Bidar Chittapur Humnabad Seram/Sedam
Guntakal	Raichur Yadgir

SRTooltip Southern Railway zone

Palakkad	Mangalore Central Mangalore Junction

CRTooltip Central Railway zone

Solapur	Kalaburagi Junction Shahabad Wadi Junction

KRTooltip Konkan Railway zone

Karwar	Ankola Asnoti Barkur Bhatkal Bijoor Mookambika Road Byndoor Chitrapur Gokarna Road Harwada Honnavar Innanje Karwar Kumta Kundapura Manki Mulki Murudeshwar Nandikoor Padubidri Senapura Shiroor Surathkal Thokur Udupi

Namma
Metro

Operational	■ Whitefield (Kadugodi) Challaghatta ■ Nagasandra Silk Institute
Under Construction	■ Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Bommasandra ■ Nagawara Kalena Agrahara ■ Central Silk Board KIAL Terminals
Proposed	■ JP Nagar 4th Phase Kempapura ■ Hosahalli Kadabagere ■ Hebbala Sarjapura