Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station metro station

Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station (formerly known as City Railway Station) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro which serves the Subhash Nagar area, Sevashrama area in Bangalore, India. It was opened to the public on 30 April 2016.^[1]

Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station
Namma Metro station
General information
Other names	City Railway Station
Location	Tank Bund Road Subhash Nagar, Sevashrama, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560023
Coordinates	12.975814°N 77.565708°E / 12.975814; 77.565708
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Platform-2 → Challaghatta
Tracks	2
Connections	Bangalore City railway station
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Architect	CEC - Soma - CICI JV
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	SRCS
History
Opened	30 April 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-30)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station, Majestic towards Whitefield (Kadugodi) Purple Line Magadi Road towards Challaghatta
Route map Legend Whitefield (Kadugodi) Kadugodi Kadugodi Depot Hopefarm Channasandra Kadugodi Tree Park Pattandur Agrahara Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Nallurhalli Whitefield TTMC Kundalahalli Seetharamapalya Hoodi Garudacharapalya Singayyanapalya Indian Railways towards Whitefield Blue Line towards Central Silk Board Krishnarajapuram (KR Puram) Blue Line Under construction Benniganahalli Tin Factory Indian Railways towards Yelahanka Jn Blue Line towards KIAL Terminals Indian Railways Towards Hosur and Banaswadi or Baiyyappanahalli Baiyappanahalli Swami Vivekananda Road Indiranagar Halasuru Trinity Mahatma Gandhi Road Pink Line Under construction Cubbon Park Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha Sir M. Visveswaraya Stn., Central College Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Green Line Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station Magadi Road Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji Stn., Hosahalli Orange Line Proposed Vijayanagar Attiguppe Vijayanagara TTMC Indian Railways Towards Kengeri and KSR Bengaluru Deepanjali Nagar Mysuru Road Orange Line Proposed Pantharapalya–Nayandahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Jnanabharathi Jnanabharathi Railway Station Pattanagere Kengeri Bus Terminal Kengeri TTMC Kengeri Challaghatta Depot (U/C) Challaghatta
Location

A foot overbridge connecting the metro station with platform 10 of the Bangalore City railway station was opened on 18 February 2019. The BMRC reported that monthly ridership at the metro station was 175,000 passengers per day prior to opening the bridge, and increased to 250,000 two months after its opening.^[2]

Station layout

Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station track layout
Legend
to Magadi Road P2 P1 to Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Green Line
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next Station: Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Change at the next station for Green Line
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Challaghatta Next Station: Magadi Road

Entry/Exits

There are 5 Entry/Exit points – A, B, C, D and E. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.

• Entry/Exit point A: Towards KSR Bengaluru Railway Stn.
• Entry/Exit point B: Towards Shree Angala Parameshwari Temple side
• Entry/Exit point C: Towards Tank Bund Road side
• Entry/Exit point D: Towards Tank Bund Road side with wheelchair accessibility
• Entry/Exit point E: Towards Minerva Mills Road side

Inside station

See also

• Bangalore
• List of Namma Metro stations
• Transport in Karnataka
• List of metro systems
• List of rapid transit systems in India
• Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

References

1. "Metro ready but how do we get to the station?". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
2. "Bridge linking boosts Bengaluru metro ridership". Deccan Herald. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

External links

• 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.