Hoodi metro station

Hoodi (formerly known as Hoodi Junction) is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India which holds the main Hoodi neighbourhood area. The station is located near SR Enterprises, Skylark Esta Apt Complex, MacPro Technologies and many more.^[1][2][3]

Hoodi
Namma Metro station
General information
Other names	Hoodi Junction
Location	Hoodi Main Rd, near Godrej Air Nxt, Seetharampalya, Hoodi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560048
Coordinates	12.98873°N 77.71127°E / 12.98873; 77.71127
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Platform-2 → Challaghatta
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Two Wheelers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	ITD - ITD Cementation India JV
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	DKIA
History
Opened	26 March 2023; 22 months ago (2023-03-26)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Seetharamapalya towards Whitefield (Kadugodi) Purple Line Garudacharpalya 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

The Whitefield - Krishnarajapura trial runs were successfully conducted from 25 October for a month.^[4] This metro station was inaugurated on 25 March 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opened to the public on 26 March 2023.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Station layout

Hoodi track layout
Legend
to Seetharamapalya P1 P2 to Garudacharpalya
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next station: Seetharamapalya
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Challaghatta Next station: Garudacharpalya
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Entry/Exit

There are 2 Entry/Exit points - A and B. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel

See also

• Hoodi
• 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. Rustagi, Abha (5 May 2022). "Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield Line to be functional from Dec 2022". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
2. "Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield Metro stretch to have 13 stops". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
3. "Namma Metro: Why upcoming Whitefield stretch is a game changer for Bengaluru?". TimesNow. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. "Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield metro line trial from October 25". Deccan Herald. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
5. "Metro finally comes to Whitefield, take a ride on March 26 from 7 am!". Deccan Herald. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
6. "Bengaluru Metro: Much awaited metro line between Whitefield to KR Puram to be operational by March". TimesNow. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
7. Bureau, The Hindu (3 February 2023). "Namma Metro train between K.R. Puram and Whitefield to run at frequency of 10 minutes". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2023. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
8. "ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 25ಕ್ಕೆ ವೈಟ್‌ಫೀಲ್ಡ್-ಕೆಆರ್ ಪುರಂ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ಸೇವೆ ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆ?". Kannadaprabha (in Kannada). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
9. "BMRCL to zoom metro from KR Puram to Whiefield in 22 minutes". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

External links

• BMRCL English Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine - BMRCL Official Website
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.