Silk Institute Metro Station
Silk Institute (formerly called Anjanapura or Anjanapura Township) is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. This station was opened on 21 January 2021 to the public. This station is named after Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute, located at Kanakapura road. The station was inaugurated along with five other stations, as a part of the Green Line extension.
Station layout
Silk Institute track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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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 2 Southbound |
Towards → Train terminates here | |
| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Madavara Next station: Thalaghattapura | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
Entry/exits
There are two entry/exit points – A and B. Commuters can use either for their travel.
- Entry/exit point A: towards BWSSB (NICE Road) side
- Entry/exit point B: towards Anjanapura Township side
See also
- Central Silk Board metro station
- List of Namma Metro stations
- Transport in Karnataka
- List of metro systems
- List of rapid transit systems in India
References
- ^ "Bengaluru's Namma Metro stretch from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute launched; open for public from today". The Financial Express. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Philip, Christin Mathew (16 January 2021). "Bengaluru: 5,000 take Yelachenahalli- Silk Institute Metro line on Day 1". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute
- ^ "Namma Metro's 6 Km Yelachenahalli To Silk Institute Stretch Flagged-off". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Christin Mathew Philip (13 January 2021). "Bengaluru: Namma Metro's Sankranti gift brings cheer to Kanakapura Road residents | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Namma Metro.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bangalore.
- 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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