Bengaluru East railway station, also known as Bangalore East railway station (station code: BNCE) is an old British Era Railway Station surrounded by Pottery Road, Kumaraswamy Naidu Road, Murgesha Mudaliar Road and Kenchappa Road, is a small quaint station located in Fraser Town,

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. This station is very convenient for residents traveling towards or returning from

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. Express and Mail trains did not stop here till the 1920s. The station is now renovated with a larger platform. Adjacent to railway station, there is the Bangalore East Football Grounds, which nowadays is more used for playing Cricket. Well known cartoonist Paul Fernandes remembers as a young boy befriending train drivers at this station, and getting grease for his bicycle.

History

According to the 'List of Mysore Residency records, from the year 1880–1947', the Bangalore East railway station was constructed in 1906, on the Bangalore–Madras railway line. At that time, the trains from Madras terminated at the

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, in

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which was controlled by the British

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. The Bangalore City station in the Bangalore Pete (under the control of the

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), was used to connect to

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. The railway line has existed since starting operations in 1864, with the launch of the Bangalore Cantonment–

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train services by the

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. The train line was broad-gauge and 149 km long, connecting the

with

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district.

Recent developments

Recently in a bid to give a face-lift to the Bangalore East Railway Station, the Indian Railways started 5 new booking counters at the station. As the Express trains do not halt at this station, there has been a long-standing demand from residents of the surrounding suburbs of Fraser Town, Cox Town, Bharathinagar, Sevanagar, Jeevanahalli,

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and Kammanahalli, for all trains to stop at this station. As they are being forced to use the

, which is located at a distance.

Gallery

File:Fraser Town, Bangalore East Station.jpg, Bangalore East railway station. The original British period stone building. File:Bangalore East Railway Station, Ticket Counter.jpg, Bangalore East railway station, ticket counter. The original British period stone building. File:Bangalore East Football Ground.jpg, Bangalore East football ground File:Bangalore East Railway Station.jpg, Bangalore East railway station File:Bangalore East Railway Station, Board.jpg, Bangalore East railway station, board File:Bangalore East Railway Station, Pedestrian Crossing.jpg, Bangalore East railway station, pedestrian crossing

References

External links

{{Commons category, Bangalore East Railway Station Bangalore Civil and Military Station Railway stations in Bangalore Railway stations opened in 1906 1906 establishments in India