KSR Bengaluru City (SBC Station)

Long known as Bangalore City, the station was renamed in 2016 as Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station, in honour of Sangolli Rayanna, the 19th-century warrior of Kittur who fought against British rule. The code SBC did not change.

Bangalore's first railway line, towards Madras (Chennai), was completed in 1864. The present City station dates from 1968 and grew into the city's main terminus as Bengaluru expanded. When the South Western Railway zone was created in 2003, the station became part of it.

SBC has 10 platforms, 15 tracks and three entrances. The station is about 920 metres above sea level.

SBC is the meeting point of several routes, including the lines towards Chennai Central and Mysuru. Trains for Hubballi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and the north start or pass through here. Services to Chennai, Mysuru, Hubballi and the north are on the train timings page.

• Namma Metro: the Purple Line station at the railway station opened on 30 April 2016, and the Majestic interchange is close by.
• Bus: Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic), the city's central bus terminus, is across the road.
• Road: autos, taxis and app cabs from the station forecourt.

• Bengaluru has several large stations, including KSR Bengaluru City (SBC), Yesvantpur (YPR), SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) and Krishnarajapuram (KJM). Check the code on your ticket, as many trains skip SBC.
• The Majestic area is busy at peak hours; the metro is usually faster than road travel.
• Kempegowda Bus Station across the road makes rail-to-bus transfers to Karnataka's towns unusually simple.