Baiyappanahalli is an At-Grade metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in the Baiyyappanahalli neighbourhood, Bangalore, India.[2]
Station layout
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Station with three tracks | One Side & 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 
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| Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next Station: Benniganahalli | |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Next Station: Swami Vivekananda Road | |
| Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right
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| Platform 3 Westbound |
Towards ← Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Next Station: Swami Vivekananda Road | |
| L2 | Note: | (Towards Mysuru Road - Operational during peak hours) |
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, until 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
The metro station is connected with the Baiyyappanahali railway station of the 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. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. 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.
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