Baiyappanahalli Metro Station
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.
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.
Parking
Baiyappanahalli station has a 2600m asphalted parking area. It is being operated by Central Parking Services, under contract, until 2015. The parking lot can accommodate 100 four-wheel and 150 two-wheel vehicles. It was the first Namma Metro station to offer parking facilities.
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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