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=== Rail === [[File:Mysore Rly Station Panorama Karnataka Apr22 A7C 01908-10.jpg|thumb|Mysore Railway Station]] [[Mysore railway station]] has three lines, connecting it to [[Bangalore]], [[Mangalore]], and [[Chamarajanagar]]. The first railway line established in the city was the Bangalore–Mysore Junction [[metre gauge]] line, which was commissioned in 1882.<ref name="comm">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/03/stories/2004060309430300.htm|date=3 June 2004|title=Mysore Rail Museum celebrates silver jubilee|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015831/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/03/stories/2004060309430300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=1 October 2007}}</ref> Railway lines that connect the city to [[Chamarajanagara]] and [[Mangalore]] are unelectrified [[Single track (rail)|single track]] and the track that connects to [[Bengaluru]] is electrified [[double track]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joshi|first=Vishwanath|title=Mysore Railway Station Map/Atlas SWR/South Western Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/mysuru-junction-mysore-mys/1430|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> Mysore Railway Junction comes under the jurisdiction of South Western Railway Zone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Western Railway|url=https://swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,7,275,399|access-date=13 December 2020|website=swr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> Within the city limits of Mysore, there are two small stations in the line which connects [[Chamarajanagara]]. They are [[Ashokapuram railway station|Ashokpuram]] and [[Chamarajapuram railway station|Chamarajapuram]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jayashree|title=Chamarajapuram Railway Station Map/Atlas SWR/South Western Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/chamarajapuram-cmj/6928|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Amit|title=Ashokapuram Railway Station Map/Atlas SWR/South Western Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/ashokapuram-ap/6929|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> The fastest train to serve the city is the [[Shatabdi Express]] which goes to [[Chennai]] via [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=K|first=K.|title=12008/Mysuru - MGR Chennai Central Shatabdi Express - Mysore to MGR Chennai SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-mysuru-mgr-chennai-central-shatabdi-express-12008/1525/1430/35|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> A satellite terminal is planned at Naganahalli to reduce congestion in the main railway station. On 20 June 2022, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] laid the foundation to upgrade the present city railway junction. The {{INR|385 crore}} project envisages construction of another three platforms, four pit lines and four stabling lines to make nine platforms. Additionally, the [[Naganahali]] station will be expanded with a coach complex and MEMU hub, and two more platforms to reduce congestion in the city railway junction.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 August 2020|title=Naganahalli Satellite Terminal DPR ready; awaits approval|url=https://starofmysore.com/naganahalli-satellite-terminal-dpr-ready-awaits-approval/|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref>
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