National College metro station

National College is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro serving Basavanagudi and the National College areas of Bengaluru, India. It was opened to the public on 18 June 2017.^[3]

National College
Namma Metro station
General information
Other names	Basavanagudi
Location	Near National College, VV Puram, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004
Coordinates	12.950548°N 77.573712°E / 12.950548; 77.573712
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Madavara Platform-2 → Silk Institute
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Paid parking[1][2]
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Larsen & Toubro
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	NLC
History
Opened	18 June 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-18)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Krishna Rajendra Market towards Madavara Green Line Lalbagh towards Silk Institute
Route map 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

Station layout

National College track layout
Legend
to Krishna Rajendra Market P1 P2 to Lalbagh
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 2 Southbound	Towards → Silk Institute Next Station: Lalbagh
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Madavara Next Station: Krishna Rajendra Market
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

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: Towards Vishveshwara Puram side
• Entry/Exit point B: Towards Vishveshwara Puram side
• Entry/Exit point C: Towards Shankarapura side

See also

• Bengaluru
• List of Namma Metro stations
• Transport in Karnataka
• List of metro systems
• List of rapid transit systems in India