Sir M. Visveshwaraya metro station

Sir M. Visveshwaraya
Namma Metro station
Location Post Office Rd, Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560009
Coordinates 12°58′27″N 77°35′02″E / 12.974104°N 77.584017°E / 12.974104; 77.584017
Owned by Namma Metro
Operated by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Line(s)      Purple Line
Platforms

Island platform

Platform-1 →Baiyappanahalli
Platform-2 → Mysore Road
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Depth 60 feet
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
Electrified 750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station   Namma Metro   Following station
Purple Line
toward Mysore Road
Location
Central Bangalore

Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College is a station in the Purple Line of the Namma Metro in Bangalore, India, opened to the public on 30 April 2016.

The station acquires its name from the nearby University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, which had been named after M. Visvesvaraya, an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.[1]

History

The Sir M. Visveshwaraya metro station, like all other underground stations on the Purple Line, was built using the cut-and-cover method.[2] The station is located at a depth of 60 feet. Authorities carried out 1,200 controlled blasts to dig through the tough rock structure.[3]


Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P Eastbound Platform 1 → Toward →Baiyappanahalli
Island platform, doors will open on the right
South West bound Platform 2 Toward ← Mysore Road

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A First-hand Account of Namma Metro's Underground Ride". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Blasting was done 1,200 times to build Central College Metro station". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 January 2017.


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