bengaluru in a relief to passengers many railway stations along byappanahallihosur section are likely to get a facelift in the next two yearsthis would be possible due to the doubling work undertaken by karnataka rail infrastructure development enterprises kride a joint venture between the railway ministry and state government the deadline for byappanahalli and hosur 48km doubling work is december 2023while huskur near electronics city is likely to get a new railway station old and dilapidated station buildings at heelalige bellandur road and anekal will be demolished maranayakanahalli station building located between hosur and anekal stations and which was inaugurated in august 2020 will also be rebuilt fobs will be provided at three stations bellandur heelalige and anekal for passengers to access platforms krides plan to build a station at huskur is expected to benefit thousands of people particularly techies in electronics city compared to the existing heelalige station which is around 10km from electronics city huskur is only 5km away which would be more convenient for residentshuskur station which is coming up between heelalige and carmelaram stations will have four rail tracks pruthvin reddy a rail activist welcomed the plan and said huskur station will help people working in bommasandra and veerasandra industrial areas as well as techies working in electronics city phase 2 regular passenger trains can also be stopped at huskurhe said once the doubling is completed stoppage for longdistance express and mail trains can be provided at anekal and heelalige stations the railways will be able to run more trains once the doubling work is over and new station buildings will have better amenities as well as fobs which will benefit passengers said reddy its unfortunate that the maranayakanahalli station building which was constructed last year will also be dismantled he added according to krides plan bellandur will have five rail tracks huskur four heelalige five anekal four and maranayakanahalli sixstations like bellandur two platforms and heelalige three will be connected with fobs and these existing station buildings will also be razed in anekal two platforms will be connected with fob stations like maranayakanahalli are being demolished for maximum utilisation of space and also to accommodate more tracks there is huge commercial and realestate potential for stations along the hosur line said an officialmany passengers travelling on the bengaluruhosur route had been complaining about inadequate trains and amenities at these stations