Fourth rail terminal for Bengaluru: Devanahalli out, Yelahanka in?

Being a sharp increase in long -distance trains and travelers, Bengaluru has a large railway infrastructure problem. The city’s existing three railway terminals are not enough to meet the assembly request. However, the movement of a fourth terminal in Devanahalli faced obstacles. Immediately in the city, a new terminal may come in Yeswanthpur or Yelahanka.

It was learned that the South -West Railways (SWR) set an alternative land within the railway wheel factory (RWF) in Yelaharanka for the proposed new terminal. The place, which is closer to the city than Devanahalli, may be ideal for the termination of all north -connected trains. However, railway officials stated that the terminal would be in the city, refused to be detailed and claimed that it would be early to comment.

The problem of blockage is real. In 2024-25, there were only three terminals in SWR to address 212.06 million passengers, KSR Bengaluru in Baiyappanahalli, Yeswanthpur and SMVT. The existing 12 pit lines are not enough to address 140 origins, 139 termination and 142 transition train every day. Origin train numbers are expected to increase to 210 and can crush this over -stretched infrastructure.

‘Yelahanka is a low -hanging fruit’

There may be many recipients of a fourth terminal in the city.

Urban railway activist and analyst Rajkumar Dugar says that Yelaharanka may be the right place to regulate train movements in the city and provide a terminal for trains coming through Dodaballlapur and Devanahalli. “The project will be doubled from Yelaharanka, which is waiting for a lot of time. So, it will be like a low fruit. The work will be faster. We want the city deputies to follow it with the relevant authorities,” he adds.

So, how much was possible for a new terminal for a new terminal throughout the Yelaharanka – Devanahalli – Chikkaballapur corridor?

In May this year, the Railway Board approved a final location research (FLS) for the Mega Coaching Terminal. However, the abundance of curved slopes and sufficient land deficiency can endanger the project.

Devanahalli: one piece grip

“The problem in Devanahalli is that it is a single way both by Yelaharanka and to Chikkaballapur. And it is not a flat line. They have too many curves. This reduces the speed of building a mega terminal.

Railways have not yet doubled.

Inevitably, one ways will restrict train movements that reduce the effectiveness of a railway terminal.

“Even if you have 10 or 20 platforms, you can only push a train every hour. So even if you have 10 platforms, you can only use 10 trains. This is exactly what is in the Bengaluru section of Mysuru. But he cannot watch, because he cannot watch in traces, because in traces, he cannot watch, because in the traces, the train cannot move towards two. ” Pay attention.

Also, there is a soil problem. Think: Devanahalli Terminal is planned with 12 pit line, five automatic coach washing line, 24 fixing lines, heavy repair bays, wheel lantern lines, patient lines, locomotive compartments and more. On the paper, the new facility will be equipped with 36 rakes per day. However, there is a major question mark on the feasibility of the terminal, and experts are convinced that the location survey will reveal many difficulties.

For example, acquiring land for four tracks through Doddagala means the demolition of an entire village. Worse, Realty development projects are accelerating on both sides of the existing runway. This is even more pronounced in and around Devanahalli.

The International Airport (KIA) in Kempegow has accelerated the development of proximity to Aviation Park and related commercial activities. Any plan to build a serious terminal will quickly monitor both by following the land acquisition and by doubleing the track from Yeswanthpur to Kolar.

Yeswanthpur Second Terminal

Although Devanahalli and now Yelaharanka are discovered, a second terminal agenda in Yeshwanthpur has been on the agenda since 2019. This cold storage, but the logic of the terminal was the same: saturated lines.

Moreover, a second terminal was synchronized with the four times the tracks from Yeshwanthpur to Tubakuru. To build a coaching terminal with at least four platforms, a large terrain road was found near the parcel office on the way of Tubakuru. Hubball, Belagavi, honey and trains from other places can come up in the morning and get up in the evening and use Yeswanthpur’s natural connection to Tumakuru without interfering with other lines.

SMVT is insufficient

There is another reason for desperation for a fourth coaching terminal: the fact that the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) in Baiyappanahalli (SMVT) in Baiyappanahalli cannot contain more trains than the terminals of the Yeshwanthpur terminals. Sanjeev says SMVT does not have enough parts length to ensure that multiple trains are smoothly entry and exit. Typically, unlike Yeshwanthpur, where trains can go to the pit line and return to other trains without affecting the movement of other trains, it requires 300-400 meters of track for the rapid arrival and departure of the SMVT missing.

To four times the line moving towards KSR Bengaluru may lead to SMVT for a better runway connection. However, even this will not give the terminal the length of parts to adapt to more train. Experts say you can use the existing railway along the Bengaluru-Cennai track to build 5-6 parts of the terminal to maximize capacity. Currently, the saturated train traffic between KSR Bengaluru and Whitefield cannot get more traffic to SMVT and SMVT.

It may take months for the railway board to enter a potential position for the fourth terminal. Although Devanahalli did not seem possible, if the environmentalists expressed their concerns, the proposal of Yelaharanka could have encountered rough weather. It can be classified as a wetland about the lies between the Puttenahalli Lake in RWF and the times between times.

But still the first days.

Published – 05 September 2025 12:57 pm ist