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Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic is an underground interchange metro station on the east–west corridor of the Purple Line and north–south corridor of Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, in the state of Karnataka, India.[2] It opened to the public on 30 April 2016 as part of Namma Metro's Phase-1. This important metro station serves as the interchange station allowing passengers to transfer between these lines for ease of travel.[3] The station is located within walking distance from BMTC & KSRTC's Kempegowda Bus Station, as also the City's Main Railway station.
History
[edit]Construction
[edit]The contract to construct Majestic station was awarded to Coastal-GYT JV at a cost of ₹272 crore (US$31 million). 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.[4][5] The delays escalated the cost to ₹500 crore (US$58 million). 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 ₹4.6 crore (US$530,000) annually during the construction period as rent for the land. During the construction period, KSRTC incurred a loss of ₹100 crore (US$12 million) as they had to shut down bus services in the area.[6]
BMRCL employed 2,240 engineers, construction workers and others to build the station.[6] 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.[7] 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.[6] The underground section of the station includes a rake interchange to transfer trains between Purple and Green Line trains and vice versa.[8]
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
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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.[9] The station area covers 7 acres.[6][9] 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.[10] The station's platforms are designed to handle 20,000 commuters at any given time.[6]
The surface level houses the entrances. There are four main entrances facing west, north-west, south and east.[11] 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.[9][12]
Station layout
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
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| Surface level | Street level | Entrances and Exits |
| UG Level-1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
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| UG Level-2 | Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next Station: Sir M. Visveshwaraya station, Central College |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Challaghatta Next Station: Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| UG Level-3 | Platform 4 Southbound |
Towards → Silk Institute Next Station: Chickpete |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right
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| Platform 3 Northbound |
Towards ← Madavara Next Station: Mantri Square Sampige Road | |
Entry/Exits
[edit]There are 3 Entry/Exit points – A, B and C. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.
- Entry/Exit point A1: Towards KSR Bengaluru Railway Stn. with wheelchair accessibility
- Entry/Exit point A: Towards KSRTC Bus Stand with wheelchair accessibility
- Entry/Exit point B: Towards Upparpete Police Station / Tank Bund Road side with wheelchair accessibility
- Entry/Exit point C: Towards Chikka Lalbagh with wheelchair accessibility
- Entry/Exit point D: Towards BMTC Bus Stand
Connections
See also
[edit]- Bengaluru
- Kempegowda Bus Station
- List of Namma Metro stations
- Transport in Karnataka
- List of metro systems
- List of rapid transit systems in India
- Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation
References
[edit]- ^ "Kempegowda station saw 9 lakh ridership in July". The Hindu. 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Metro Network". Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Design and construct contract of underground station at Majestic" (PDF). BMRCL. December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Sastry, Anil Kumar (12 January 2012). "You still can't switch between the corridors when Phase I opens". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ Ray, Aparajita (23 April 2016). "Underground Metro could roll out on May 4". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "2,240 workers worked day in, day out to build India's largest metro station". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Bangalore Metro Rail Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Majestic! It's biggest Metro station in Asia!". Deccan Chronicle. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Bengaluru Metro's Purple Line links east and west". The Hindu. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Kempegowda metro station to get 4th entrance soon". Deccan Herald. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Metro June Deadline Stands, But With Rider". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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.
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