Cubbon Park metro station

Cubbon Park is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. It was opened to the public on 30 April 2016. The station is located a few metres away from one of the entrances to Cubbon Park.^[1]

Cubbon Park
Namma Metro station
First level of the interior, after the ticket turnstiles. The platform level is seen at the foot of the stairs.
General information
Other names	Sri Chamarajendra Park, Cricket Stadium
Location	Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 India
Coordinates	12.981095°N 77.596860°E / 12.981095; 77.596860
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
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Architect	CEC - Soma - CICI JV
Other information
Station code	CBPK
History
Opened	30 April 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-30)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Mahatma Gandhi Road towards Whitefield (Kadugodi) Purple Line Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha 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 Krishnarajapura (KR Pura) 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

History

The Cubbon Park metro station, like all other underground stations on the Purple Line, was built using the cut-and-cover method.^[2]

There was a proposal to build a 35 km line known as Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link, from Cubbon Road to the Bengaluru International Airport in Devanahalli, according to BMRCL sources.^[3] This proposal was later shelved.

Art

Cubbon Park permits artists and students to showcase their work at the station under a project called "Art in Transit". An art installation by Prathmi Mehta, a student of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, features a board with the question, "What makes Bangalore?" in English and Kannada. The board instructs the viewer to pick up a thread from the tray next to board, and place it on one of 36 options on the board. The options available include Cubbon Park, Kesari bath, Copper Road, Russell Market, Lalbagh, Manyata Tech Park, Lumbini Gardens, Bull Temple, Indiranagar, Vidhana Soudha, Kengeri drain, Set Dosa, Namma Metro, Electronics City, Bisi bele bath, Bellandur Lake, Gulmohar tree, MG Road, Sankey Tank, and Ragi mudde. As of April 2017, the most popular choices were Electronics City, Bisi bele bath and Cubbon Park.^[4]

Station layout

Cubbon Park track layout
Legend
to Mahatma Gandhi Road Pink Line ** P1 P2 to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha
Station with two tracks and one Island platform ** Under Construction

G	Street level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next station: Mahatma Gandhi Road Change at the next station for Pink Line
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Challaghatta Next station: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha

Entry/Exits

There are 3 Entry/Exit points - A, B and C. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.

• Entry/Exit point A - HAL office side
• Entry/Exit point B - Chinnaswamy Stadium side
• Entry/Exit point D - BSNL Office / Cubbon Park side

See also

• Bangalore
• Cubbon Park
• 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. "Curious commuters flock to metro for a 'test' ride". The Hindu. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
2. "Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
3. Metro will have high-speed link to BIA - Times Of India
4. "To Bengalureans, the city is about Cubbon Park, IT & bisi bele bath". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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.