Bengaluru Cantonment to get four new platforms by April

The construction of two island platforms at the Bengaluru Cantonment railway station, Karnataka’s oldest, will take two more months than expected.

In December 2022, the South Western Railway (SWR) announced that ongoing yard remodelling works would be completed by February 2023. But this deadline has now been pushed back by two months. An SWR official said the yard remodelling would be completed by April 2023.

Yard remodelling at Bengaluru Cantonment was approved in 2018-19 at a cost of Rs 45.28 crore. It entails the construction of two 540-metre-long island platforms (four additional platforms) and three railway lines, besides the loop lines. The station currently has four platforms, which would remain untouched.