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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic
| other_name = Hiriya Kempe gowda l
| style = Namma Metro
| type = [[Namma Metro]] station
| image = Kempegowda Stn Majestic, Jul 2017.jpg
| image_caption =
| other =
| address = Tank Bund Rd. Kempegowda, Majestic, Bengaluru, [[Karnataka]] 560009
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.975692|77.572836|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{color box|#{{Namma Metro color|Purple}}}} [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)|Purple Line]] {{color box|#{{Namma Metro color|Green}}}} [[Green Line (Namma Metro)|Green Line]]
| owned = [[Namma Metro]]
| tracks = 4
| structure = At Grade and Underground
| platform = [[Side platform]] 
{{font color|purple|Platform-1}} → [[Baiyappanahalli metro station|Baiyappanahalli]] {{font color|purple|Platform-2}} → [[Kengeri metro station|Kengeri]] [[Island platform]] {{font color|green|Platform-3}} → [[Nagasandra metro station|Nagasandra]] {{font color|green|Platform-4}} → [[Silk Institute metro station|Silk Institute]]
| operator = [[Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd]] (BMRCL)
| depth = {{convert|80|ft|m}}
| levels = 2
| parking = {{Parking symbol}} available
| bicycle =
| baggage_check =
| code =
| status = Staffed
| architect =
| architectural_style =
| wifi =
| opening = 30 April 2016 (Purple Line) 18 June 2017 (Green Line)
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[third rail]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| former =
| smartcardname =
| smartcardstatus =
| mpassengers =
| passengers = 9 lakh <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/kempegowda-metro-station-saw-9-lakh-ridership-in-july/article19440764.ece|title = Kempegowda station saw 9 lakh ridership in July|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 7 August 2017}}</ref>
| pass_system =
| pass_year = July 2017
| pass_rank = 1 out of 41
| pass_percent =
| services = {{s-rail|title=Namma Metro}}
{{s-line|system=Namma Metro|line=Purple |previous=Sir M. Visveshwaraya |next=City Railway Station }}
{{s-line|system=Namma Metro|line=Green |previous=Sampige Road |next=Chickpete }}
| map_type = India Bangalore#Karnataka#India
| map_caption = Location in Bangalore##Location in Karnataka##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Kempegowda (Majestic)
| map_size = 300
| route_map = {{BMR Purple Line}}{{BMR Green Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

[[Kempe Gowda I|'''Nadaprabhu Kempegowda''']] '''Stn., Majestic''' is the first [[Namma Metro]] interchange station<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bmrc.co.in/Network.htm |title=Metro Network |accessdate=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717184537/http://bmrc.co.in/Network.htm |archive-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Bangalore]], in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. It opened to the public on 30 April 2016 as part of Namma Metro's Phase-1. Majestic serves as the interchange station allowing passengers to transfer between [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)|Purple Line]] and [[Green Line (Namma Metro)|Green Line]].<ref name="contract">{{cite web |url=http://bmrc.co.in/pdf/tenders/ddcmajestic.pdf |title=Design and construct contract of underground station at Majestic |date=December 2009 |publisher=BMRCL |accessdate=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011222628/http://bmrc.co.in/pdf/tenders/ddcmajestic.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The station is located within walking distance from BMTC & KSRTC's [[Kempegowda Bus Station]], as also the [[Bangalore City railway station|City's Main Railway station]].

==History==
===Construction===
The contract to construct Majestic station was awarded to Coastal-GYT Joint Venture at a cost of {{INRConvert|272|c}}. Construction began in January 2012 and was expected to be completed in 2014, but faced delays due to the hardness of the rock to be excavated, and missed several deadlines.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sastry|first=Anil Kumar|title=You still can't switch between the corridors when Phase I opens|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/article2795178.ece|accessdate=15 June 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ray|first=Aparajita|title=Underground Metro could roll out on May 4|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=Underground-Metro-could-roll-out-on-May-4-23042016005025|newspaper=The Times Of India|date=23 April 2016}}</ref> The delays escalated the cost to {{INRConvert|500|c|nolink=yes}}. KSRTC, the state inter-city bus transport agency, provided BMRCL with 20 acres of land for construction of the station, slightly over half of which was returned to KSRTC after construction was completed. BMRCL paid KSRTC {{INRConvert|4.6|c|nolink=yes}} annually during the construction period as rent for the land. During the construction period, KSRTC incurred a loss of {{INRConvert|100|c|nolink=yes}} as they had to shut down bus services in the area.<ref name="BM1">{{cite web|title=2,240 workers worked day in, day out to build India's largest metro station|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/2240-workers-worked-day-in-day-out-to-build-Indias-largest-metro-station/articleshow/52016650.cms|website=Bangalore Mirror|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref>

BMRCL employed 2,240 engineers, construction workers and others to build the station.<ref name="BM1"/> Majestic station (and all other underground stations of Namma Metro's Phase-1) was built using the [[cut-and-cover]] method. For Majestic station, the rocks were cut by blasting and 10,000 blasts had to be conducted during excavation.<ref name = "dh1">{{cite web|title=Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/542956/conducted-10000-blasts-cut-hard.html|website=Deccan Herald|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> BMRCL stated that it had used 300,000 cubic meters of sand (equal to the volume of six football fields) and 100,000 cubic meters of cement to build the station.<ref name="BM1"/> The underground section of the station includes a rake interchange to transfer trains between Purple and Green Line trains and vice-versa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangalore Metro Rail Project|url=https://kannada.bmrc.co.in/FileUploads/phase2forweb.pdf}}</ref>

The station opened to the public on 30 April 2016. Green Line services commenced at the station (at one level below purple line) on 18 June 2017.

===Structure===
The station has four levels with a total floor surface area of 48,000 square meters (520,000 square feet) and is said to be the largest underground metro station in Asia.<ref name=":0" /> The station area covers 7 acres.<ref name="BM1"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-06-15|title=Majestic! It's biggest Metro station in Asia!|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/150617/majestic-its-biggest-metro-station-in-asia.html|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Purple Line train platform is 365 metres long, Green Line train platform is 300 metres long. It has 12 staircases, 18 escape routes and 24 escalators.<ref name="The Hindu3">{{cite web|title=Bengaluru Metro's Purple Line links east and west|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-metros-purple-line-links-east-and-west/article8537952.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=30 April 2016}}</ref> The station's platforms are designed to handle 20,000 commuters at any given time.<ref name="BM1" />

The surface level houses the entrances. There are four main entrances facing west, north-west, south and east.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-28|title=Kempegowda metro station to get 4th entrance soon|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/city/kempegowda-metro-station-get-677715.html|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> Pedestrian subways and sky-walks connect the station to the adjacent railway station and the bus termini.

Ticket counters are located on a mezzanine floor. The first underground level has platforms for Purple Line trains and the second underground level has platforms for Green Line trains, perpendicular to those of the platforms for Purple Line trains.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="NewIE1">{{cite web|title=Metro June Deadline Stands, But With Rider|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Metro-June-Deadline-Stands-But-With-Rider/2016/01/20/article3235280.ece|website=The New Indian Express|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref>

== Station layout ==

{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 0px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''Surface level'''
|style="border-top:solid 0px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 0px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Entrances
and Exits
|-
|valign=top|'''UG Level-1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent,
Metro Card vending machines, crossover
|-
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 0px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |
|style="border-top:solid 2px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Side platform]] No- 1, doors open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''UG Level-2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Eastbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:left;" width=500|Platform 1 → Towards → [[Baiyappanahalli metro station|Baiyappanahalli]] next station is [[Sir M. Visveshwaraya metro station|Sir M.Visveshwaraya]]
|-
|'''West bound'''
|style="text-align:left;" width=500|Platform 2 ← Towards ← [[Kengeri metro station|Kengeri]] next station is [[City Railway Station metro station (Bangalore)|City Railway Station]]
|-
|
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px gray;" colspan=2 align=Center|[[Side platform]] No- 2, doors open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px white;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|Platform 4 → Towards → [[Silk Institute metro station|Silk Institute]] next station is [[Chickpet metro station|Chickpete]]
|-
|'''UG Level-3'''
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]], doors open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
|
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;text-align:left;" width="390" |Platform 3 ← Towards ← [[Nagasandra metro station|Nagasandra]] next station is [[Sampige Road metro station|Sampige Road]]
|}

Connections

[[Kempegowda Bus Station]]

[[Bangalore City railway station|City railway station]]

==See also==
*[[Bangalore]]
*[[Kempegowda Bus Station]]
*[[List of Namma Metro stations]]
*[[Transport in Karnataka]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
*[[Rapid transit in India|List of rapid transit systems in India]]
*[[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Namma Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Bangalore}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629131050/http://www.bmrc.co.in/English/index.html Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)]
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
*[https://trainonrails.com/metro-trains/bengaluru/majestic-bengaluru-metro-station Bangalore Metro Route and Fare Details]

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