South Western Railway — kr puram railway station

Address:

560001

Dear sir,

Now a days, as a part of decentralization, railways have shifted starting & ending points for many trains to k r puram in bangalore, which is more than 30-40 kilometers away from bangalore city.

It is a good move to avoid congestion at bangalore central stn. But before taking such a step it is necessary to ensure that the suburban stations, like kr puram have all necessary infrastructures like pre paid autos, taxies, well maintained waiting rooms, wash rooms etc. But kr puram stations lack all these basic infrastructures. I had a bitter experience 2 days back.

A city bound train got terminated at kr puram for some reasons. The passengers were running around without knowing what to do. Railways had already charged full fare upto ksr/banaswadi stations. Autos were quoting exorbitant charges, taxies were not available. There were not any conveyance available to nearby metro.

Without knowing what to do, i with my wife and dad (91 years), took an auto to bayappanahalli, which is about 4 kms away (At a fare of rs.170/- after lots of negotiation). Took a metro from bayappanahalli, went to city and took another auto to home.

Railways never imagine the plight of common man when they take such abrupt decisions.

I suggest u make more value additions to existing facilities, rather than causing problems to the lakhs of passengers who contribute to the kitty of government of india.

Gopalakrishnan