The Railway Board has greenlit a detailed survey to explore the feasibility of setting up a new mega terminal with maintenance facilities near Devanahalli, Bengaluru.                   

According to a Times of India report, the project, which will cost over Rs 1.3 crore for the survey alone, is intended to identify a suitable location either around the existing Devanahalli station or along the Yelahanka–Devanahalli–Chikkaballapur corridor. 

Once established, this terminal will serve as the city’s fourth major rail hub and help redistribute traffic more efficiently across the network, the report added. 

According to a press release issued by South Western Railway, the city’s railway system handles 140 originating, 139 terminating, and 142 passing-through trains every day, in addition to 110 trains undergoing primary maintenance. In 2024-25 alone, the city recorded nearly 104 million originating passengers, with a total rail footfall touching 212 million, the TOI report further added.

Currently, Bengaluru, home to over 11.5 million people, manages with just three terminals: KSR Bengaluru, Yeshwantpur, and Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) in Baiyappanahalli. These facilities are already operating at full capacity.