Perfect choice for late night travel Bangarpet-Whitefield-Bengaluru-Mysore by Train

More services than ever

Some 500 passengers flock to the station every Friday night to board the Yeshwanthpur-Kannur express train.

Just nine years ago, no trains stopped at this nondescript station. Now, a dozen trains bound for Salem, Dharmapuri, Mysore, Kannur and Ernakulam halt at the station daily, drawing hordes of passengers from nearby residence areas of Sarjapur Road, Electronic City, Bellandur, Marathahalli and Madiwala. Boarding from Carmelaram station has minimised travel time for V. Sridhar, a businessman who takes the train to Coimbatore almost every month. “Earlier I used to board from the City station. Even if I left two-and-a-half to three hours in advance for a 10.30 p.m. train, sometimes I would miss it.” In the last three years that he has been going to Carmelaram station, which is just 4 km from his house, Sridhar has had no such problems.

There are plans to raise the platform and make it longer, says Raju Kumar, the station master who took charge just over a week ago. Now, the passengers have a tough time boarding the train as the platform is very low and many of the coaches are parked beyond the platform.

Besides, there is no parking facility for private vehicles. There are no streetlights and autorickshaws are hard to come by at odd hours. The station may be quaint, but according to Sridhar, there is plenty of room for improvement.

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Even with small station like Karmelaram can make difference to City Traffic,   Officials should   be more proactive to the  needs of the city commuters.

When I was  talking with commuters,  it seems,  LG company on Sarjapur Road has provided company shuttel bus services from its office to Karmelaram station during morning and evening timings.

Same case with TVS company provided shuttel bus service from its factory to Anekal stations