Bangalore City railway station

E340571

railway station

Bangalore City railway station, now officially known as Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station, is one of the busiest and most important railway hubs in southern India, serving as the main rail gateway to the city of Bengaluru.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Bangalore City railway station canonical	7
Bengaluru City railway station	5
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru) railway station	4
Bangalore City Junction	2
Bengaluru City Junction	1
KSR Bengaluru City Junction	1
KSR Bengaluru City railway station	1
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station	1
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3246594 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bangalore City railway station
Context triple: [Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station, formerName, Bangalore City railway station]

A. Mysuru Junction railway station
Mysuru Junction railway station is a major railway hub in the city of Mysuru, Karnataka, serving as a key terminus and transit point in the southern Indian rail network.
B. Hyderabad Deccan railway station
Hyderabad Deccan railway station is a major historic railway terminus in Hyderabad, India, serving as one of the city’s primary rail hubs.
C. Hyderabad Junction railway station
Hyderabad Junction railway station is a major railway hub in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, serving as a key junction for regional and long-distance train services.
D. Chennai Central railway station
Chennai Central railway station is a major historic railway terminus and one of the busiest transport hubs in South India, serving as a key gateway to the city of Chennai and beyond.
E. Tirupati railway station
Tirupati railway station is a major rail hub in Andhra Pradesh, India, serving as the primary gateway for pilgrims visiting the famous Tirumala Venkateswara Temple.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bangalore City railway station
Target entity description: Bangalore City railway station, now officially known as Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station, is one of the busiest and most important railway hubs in southern India, serving as the main rail gateway to the city of Bengaluru.

A. Mysuru Junction railway station
Mysuru Junction railway station is a major railway hub in the city of Mysuru, Karnataka, serving as a key terminus and transit point in the southern Indian rail network.
B. Hyderabad Deccan railway station
Hyderabad Deccan railway station is a major historic railway terminus in Hyderabad, India, serving as one of the city’s primary rail hubs.
C. Hyderabad Junction railway station
Hyderabad Junction railway station is a major railway hub in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, serving as a key junction for regional and long-distance train services.
D. Chennai Central railway station
Chennai Central railway station is a major historic railway terminus and one of the busiest transport hubs in South India, serving as a key gateway to the city of Chennai and beyond.
E. Tirupati railway station
Tirupati railway station is a major rail hub in Andhra Pradesh, India, serving as the primary gateway for pilgrims visiting the famous Tirumala Venkateswara Temple.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station ⓘ
adjacentTo	Kempegowda Bus Station ⓘ linked to: Kempegowda Bus Station in Bengaluru
category	A1 category station ⓘ
cityCentreDistance	close to Bengaluru city centre ⓘ
connectedTo	Namma Metro ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
division	Bengaluru railway division ⓘ
electrified	yes ⓘ
formerName	Bangalore City Junction ⓘ linked to: Bangalore City railway station Bangalore City railway station ⓘ
gauge	broad gauge ⓘ
hasFacility	Wi-Fi ⓘ automatic ticket vending machines ⓘ bus connectivity ⓘ cloak room ⓘ computerized reservation centre ⓘ escalators ⓘ food stalls ⓘ foot overbridges ⓘ information displays ⓘ lifts ⓘ long-distance passenger services ⓘ parking ⓘ prepaid auto-rickshaw counter ⓘ railway police station ⓘ retiring rooms ⓘ suburban rail services ⓘ taxi stand ⓘ ticket counters ⓘ waiting rooms ⓘ
hasNumberOfPlatforms	10 ⓘ
hasNumberOfTracks	multiple broad-gauge tracks ⓘ
hasStationCode	SBC ⓘ
importance	major railway hub in South Western Railway zone ⓘ
isMainRailGatewayFor	Bengaluru ⓘ
isOneOf	busiest railway stations in South India ⓘ
locatedIn	Bengaluru ⓘ Karnataka ⓘ South India ⓘ
namedAfter	Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna ⓘ linked to: Sangolli Rayanna
nearbyMetroStation	Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic ⓘ linked to: Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Metro Station
officialName	Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station ⓘ
operator	South Western Railway zone ⓘ
ownedBy	Indian Railways ⓘ
railwayZone	South Western Railway zone ⓘ
serves	Bengaluru metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Bengaluru
shortName	KSR Bengaluru ⓘ
structureType	standard on-ground station ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station → formerName → Bangalore City railway station ⓘ

Secunderabad Junction → connectsTo → Bangalore City railway station ⓘ

Whitefield railway station → connectsTo → KSR Bengaluru City Junction ⓘ