It is one of the important railway stations in the Chennai Central–Bangalore City line where many people board and de-board for many purposes.

Bangalore Mail started running around the same period, the exact date not being very clear.

[1] The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) wide narrow-gauge line between Bowringpet (later Bangarapet) and Kolar was opened in 1913 by Mysore State Railway.

[2] Gauge conversion of the Bangarpet–Kolar line was completed and opened for traffic in 1997 and since then it has been serviced by a railbus.

Then, gauge conversion of Chickballapur–Kolar was completed and opened for traffic in November 2013, thus connecting the entire network into an Yelankha–Bangarpet broad-gauge line.