Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic is the first Namma Metro interchange station[1] 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 and Green Line.[2] The station is located within walking distance from BMTC & KSRTC's Kempegowda Bus Station, as also the City's Main Railway station.
History
Construction
The contract to construct Majestic station was awarded to Coastal-GYT Joint Venture at a cost of Template:INRConvert. 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.[3][4] The delays escalated the cost to Template:INRConvert. 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 Template:INRConvert annually during the construction period as rent for the land. During the construction period, KSRTC incurred a loss of Template:INRConvert as they had to shut down bus services in the area.[5]
BMRCL employed 2,240 engineers, construction workers and others to build the station.[5] 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.[6] 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.[5] The underground section of the station includes a rake interchange to transfer trains between Purple and Green Line trains and vice-versa.[7]
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.[8] The station area covers 7 acres.[5][8] 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.[9] The station's platforms are designed to handle 20,000 commuters at any given time.[5]
The surface level houses the entrances. There are four main entrances facing west, north-west, south and east.[10] 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.[8][11]
Station layout
| Surface level | Street level | Entrances
and Exits |
| UG Level-1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent,
Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| Side platform No- 1, doors open on the left Template:Access icon | ||
| UG Level-2 | Eastbound | Platform 1 → Towards → Baiyappanahalli next station is Sir M.Visveshwaraya |
| West bound | Platform 2 ← Towards ← Kengeri next station is City Railway Station | |
| Side platform No- 2, doors open on the left Template:Access icon | ||
| Southbound | Platform 4 → Towards → Silk Institute next station is Chickpete | |
| UG Level-3 | Island platform, doors open on the right Template:Access icon | |
| Northbound | Platform 3 ← Towards ← Nagasandra next station is Sampige Road | |
Connections
See also
- Bangalore
- Kempegowda Bus 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 Network.
- ↑ Design and construct contract of underground station at Majestic. BMRCL(December 2009).
- ↑ You still can't switch between the corridors when Phase I opens. The Hindu(12 January 2012).
- ↑ Underground Metro could roll out on May 4. The Times Of India(23 April 2016).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 2,240 workers worked day in, day out to build India's largest metro station. Bangalore Mirror.
- ↑ Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL. Deccan Herald.
- ↑ Bangalore Metro Rail Project.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Majestic! It's biggest Metro station in Asia!. Deccan Chronicle(2017-06-15). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ↑ Bengaluru Metro's Purple Line links east and west. The Hindu(30 April 2016).
- ↑ Kempegowda metro station to get 4th entrance soon. Deccan Herald(2018-06-28). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ↑ Metro June Deadline Stands, But With Rider. The New Indian Express.
External links
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- 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.
- Bangalore Metro Route and Fare Details
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