Mysore Junction railway station

Mysore ಮೈಸೂರು
Indian Railway Station Junction station
Location	Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka  India
Coordinates	12°18′59″N 76°38′43″E / 12.3163°N 76.6454°E / 12.3163; 76.6454Coordinates: 12°18′59″N 76°38′43″E / 12.3163°N 76.6454°E / 12.3163; 76.6454
Elevation	760m
Platforms	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MYS
Zone(s)	South Western Railway
Division(s)	Mysore railway division
History
Opened	1870
Electrified	Under Construction

The main building of the Mysore railway station

Entrance to the Mysore railway station

An old steam engine displayed at the Mysore railway station

The railway administrative offices at Mysore

Inside the railway station compound, Mysore

Mysore (Mysuru) railway station is a station serving the city of Mysore, Karnataka, India. Previously Mysore was connected to Bangalore by a meter-gauge line, which has now been converted to broad gauge. Doubling process is being done in this route at present.

Junction

Mysore station is also a junction with a track from Bangalore and another from Hassan joining the same as it enters the station. The track on the other side proceeds to Nanjangud and Chamrajnagar. There is a proposal to extend this line to Coimbatore but this is being stayed at present since it would pass through the forest area of Sathyamangalam.

Location

The station is located in the proximity of the city and is well connected by the city buses from the bus stand.

Structure

There are about 6 platforms at this station. After the gauge conversion,many trains which earlier terminated at Bangalore were extended to Mysore.

Visually-challenged friendly Station

The Mysore railway station has become the first visually challenged friendly station in India. The following facilities will be made available for Visually challenged people, such as navigation maps in Braille would be made available on the railway station premises further the tactile layout maps of the station, with distance in paces to utilities such as toilets, platforms, staircase and wash rooms will be displayed.Platforms numbers have been written in Braille on the railing staircases.400 metal signages in Braille along the railings of the staircases have been put leading various platforms The menu cards at the canteen and the schedule of the trains will also be made available in Braille.^[1]

Anuprayaas, an NGO assisted the railways in make Mysuru railway station blind-friendly.

WiFi

WiFi services are available within 200 meters in the station.^[2]

Royal Mysore Railways

The Wodeyars advocated modernity in the Mysore State by encouraging Railway development in the State. Chamarajendra Wadiyar X had a particular interest in developing Railways in the state.

Construction of the Railways in the state, began in 1878, under James Davidson Gordon, Commissioner of Mysore and Coorg, with the Mysore-Bangalore line. The total budget was 60 Lakhs, for which the Government of India deferred payment of loans by the state, in order for the Railway works to continue. By October 1878, 7 lakhs had already been spent towards the project. Colonel A Le Messurier was appointed as consulting engineer, and he trained native Indian engineers in survey and construction, which was very effective. For the construction of the railway line, pine sleepers were imported from Europe, and timber from Rangoon, through the Madras Port. The Mysore-Bangalore line was declared open in February 1882.^[3]

Mysore Railway Museum

Nearby the Mysore Railway Station is a museum which has exhibits of vintage locomotives. It was established in 1979 by the Indian Railways, and the second such museum after the one in Delhi. One of the exhibits is the Maharani Saloon Carriage, with a kitchen and royal toilet, dating back to 1899, belonging to the Mysore Royal family. Wooden doors and pillars of the old Srirangapatna Railway Station are also on display. Other exhibits include a 1925 Austin rail motor car, 1900 built WG Bagnall 1625, a Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) Class E 37244 4-4-4T Locomotive built in 1920 by the North British Locomotive Co, a Southern Railway Class TS/1 37338 2-6-2T built by WG Bagnall for the Mysore Railways in 1932, etc.^[4]

Heritage gallery

The Mysore Railway Station is home to a ‘Model Railroad Layout’, which is housed in the heritage gallery, is the first of its kind in the country. The Model Railroad Layout which was created by the Mysore Division of the South Western Railway has six miniature trains. The miniature trains imported from the US will run on digital command control system along a track length of 600 metres. It also has models of Chamundi Hill, K R Circle, KRS Dam, Clock Tower, Philomena’s church and Zoo. Similar type of models could be found at Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), USA, which had about 160 miniature trains and Hamburg in Germany which has one of the biggest railroad model layouts. The entry to the gallery situated on platform one is free for passengers who have tickets. For others, it will be through platform tickets.^[5]

Trains

Shatabdi Express Trains

Swarna Jayanti Super Fast Trains

Super Fast Trains

Express/Mail Trains

References

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