Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station, Majestic metro station

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.

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic
Namma Metro station
General information
Other names	Majestic, Kempegowda station, Majestic Bus Station, Kempegowda Bus Station
Location	Tank Bund Rd. Kempegowda, Majestic, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560009 India
Coordinates	12.975692°N 77.572836°E / 12.975692; 77.572836
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line Green Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Platform-2 → Challaghatta Island platform Platform-3 → Madavara Platform-4 → Silk Institute
Tracks	4
Connections	Bangalore City Railway Station Kempegowda Bus Station
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Depth	80 feet (24 m)
Platform levels	2
Parking	available
Accessible	Yes
Architect	GYT - COASTAL JV
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	KGWA
History
Opening	30 April 2016 (Purple Line) 18 June 2017 (Green Line)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Passengers
July 2017	9 lakh [1]
Rank	1 out of 41
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Sir M. Visveshwaraya station, Central College towards Whitefield (Kadugodi) Purple Line Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station towards Challaghatta Mantri Square Sampige Road towards Madavara Green Line Chickpete towards Silk Institute
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 Legend Madavara Chikkabidarakallu Manjunath Nagar Nagasandra Dasarahalli Jalahalli Basaveshwara Peenya Depot Peenya Industry Peenya Orange Line Approved Goraguntepalya Yeshwanthpur Sandal Soap Factory Yeshwanthpura TTMC Mahalakshmi Rajajinagar Mahakavi Kuvempu Road Srirampura Indian Railways Towards Yesvantpur Jn and KSR Bengaluru Mantri Square Sampige Road Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Purple Line Chickpet Krishna Rajendra Market National College Lalbagh South End Circle Jayanagar Jayanagara TTMC Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Yellow Line Final stages before operations Yellow Line towards Bommasandra Banashankari Banashankari TTMC Jaya Prakash Nagar Orange Line Approved Yelachenahalli Konanakunte Cross Doddakallasandra Vajarahalli Thalaghattapura Silk Institute Anjanapura Depot (U/C)
Location

History

Construction

The contract to construct Majestic station was awarded to Coastal-GYT JV at a cost of ₹272 crore (US$32 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$59 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$540,000) 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

Inside the station

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

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic track layout
Legend
to Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College P1 P2 to Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic track layout
Legend
to Mantri Square Sampige Road P3 P4 to Chickpete
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

Surface level	Street level	Entrances and Exits
UG Level-1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
UG Level-2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	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
UG Level-3	Platform 4 Southbound	Towards → Silk Institute Next Station: Chickpete
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 3 Northbound	Towards ← Madavara Next Station: Mantri Square Sampige Road

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 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

• Kempegowda Bus Station
• City railway station

See also

• 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