Chaotic railway entry points to Bengaluru: A mess that needs sorting out

A chaotic mess of narrow stairways, broken pathways and poorly lit platforms in deep decay. At Yeshwanthpura railway terminal, another hyper-busy rail head at the city’s other end, a flashy steel canopy built at ₹14 crore is pulled down to make way for a redevelopment plan. As aesthetic structures are dismantled and refitted, thousands of passengers – young, old and the disabled – struggle without a bridge to get into the nearby Metro Station. The moment you improve a station with so many platforms and other facilities, new trains will start and for those new services and new footfalls, additional connectivity is required,” says Rajkumar. Beyond aesthetics, the redevelopment plan provisions a VIP lounge, Divyangjan toilets, a waiting hall upgrade, escalators at the first and second platforms, lifts at all four platforms, improved signages and area for future commercial development.