Baiyappanahalli metro station at Baiyyappanahalli is the eastern terminal point on the east–west corridor of the Namma Metro in Bangalore, India.[2]
Station layout
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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Baiyappanahalli track layout (Platforms 2&3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
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G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
L2 | Side platform doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | Platform 1 Towards → Train Terminates Here (to be further extended to Whitefield metro station in the near future) | |
South West bound | Platform 2 Towards ← Mysuru Road (Operational during peak hours) Platform 2 Towards ← Kengeri next station is Swami Vivekananda Road | |
Island platform, P2 doors will open on the left and P3 doors will open on the right | ||
South West bound | Platform 3 Towards ← Mysuru Road (Operational during peak hours) Platform 3 Towards ← Kengeri next station is Swami Vivekananda Road |
**Currently Platforms 1 and 2 are under maintenance due to Purple Line extension towards Whitefield**
Baiyappanahalli track layout (Future Service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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Entry/Exits
There are 3 Entry/Exit points – A, B and C. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.
- Entry/Exit point A: Towards Old Madras Road or towards Tin Factory side
- Entry/Exit point B: Towards Baiyappanahalli Railway Stn.
- Entry/Exit point C: Towards Ramamurthy Nagar side and towards this metro parking
Facilities
BMRCL has constructed a skywalk from the Baiyappanahalli station to BMRCL's traffic integration area on the NGEF side (Kasturinagar). The commissioner of metro railway safety (Southern Circle) had given permission to construct the skywalk.[3]
Initially, there were no toilets at Namma Metro stations, despite demand from commuters. The metro's first toilets were opened at Baiyappanahalli and Indiranagar stations on 21 June 2013.[4]
Parking
Baiyappanahalli station has a 2600m2 asphalted parking area. It is being operated by Central Parking Services, under contract, till 2015.[5] The parking lot can accommodate 100 four-wheel and 150 two-wheel vehicles.[6] It was the first Namma Metro station to offer parking facilities.[7]
Connections
Metro station is connected with Baiyyappanahali railway station of Indian Railways network.
See also
- Baiyyappanahalli
- Bangalore
- Baiyyappanahali railway station
- List of Namma Metro stations
- Transport in Karnataka
- List of metro systems
- List of rapid transit systems in India
- Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
References
- ^ "Metro ready but how do we get to the station?". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Bangalore Metro opens to public at 4pm on Thursday". The Economic Times. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Bangalore Metro to continue work on underground station". Daily News and Analysis. 13 March 2012.
- ^ "At Metro, wanna pee? Pay Rs 3". Daily News and Analysis. 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Park car, pay more at metro". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Pay and park at two Metro stations". Times Of India. 31 March 2012.
- ^ "'No Parking' on Metro's E-W Underground Corridor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
External links
- Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.