Sir M. Visveshwaraya metro station

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.

Sir M. Visveshwaraya
Namma Metro station
LocationPost Office Rd, Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560009
Coordinates12.974104°N 77.584017°E / 12.974104; 77.584017
Owned byNamma Metro
Operated byBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Line(s)     Purple Line
PlatformsIsland platform Platform-1 →Baiyappanahalli
Platform-2 → Mysore Road
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth60 feet
Platform levels2
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
Electrified750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station   Namma Metro   Following station
Vidhana Soudha
Purple Line
toward Mysore Road
Location
Sir M. Visveshwaraya
Location in Bangalore
Sir M. Visveshwaraya
Location in Karnataka
Sir M. Visveshwaraya
Location in India

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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