Much has been said about how Thanisandra Railway Station can serve as an important junction if the commuter railway system becomes a reality, considering its proximity to a part of the Information Technology corridor.
However, it turns out that all documents related to the station, falling under Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda’s constituency of Bangalore North, are missing. When a Bangalore resident asked for details on the station, currently closed and located off Nagawara Main Road after the K.G. Halli underbridge, he was told that the file was “untraceable”.
Sanjeev Dyamannavar, in an RTI query, asked whether the station was operational and if not, why.
The reply, dated April 1 this year, said, “Thanisandra is not open for passenger traffic.” When asked for reasons, the reply was, “Reasons for closure could not be ascertained, as the subject file is not traceable.”
The reply made it clear that no information was denied to the RTI applicant. It also said that Railways had received no request from citizens or elected representatives to reopen the station in the recent past.
The RTI was signed by a Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Bangalore City Junction.
‘No plan yet’ Anil Agarwal, Divisonal Railway Manager, Bangalore, South Western Railway, said there was no plan to start a station or halt trains at Thanisandra. There are only two passenger trains passing through it and mail or express cannot stop there.
Survey needed
He said, “A survey should show that there was demand to stop trains at this station.”
