Rajajinagar metro station

Rajajinagar is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro serving the Rajajinagar area of Bangalore, India. Located close to Navrang Theatre. The station was constructed by Punj Lloyd,^[1] and was opened to the public on 1 March 2014.^[2][3]

Rajajinagar
Namma Metro station
General information
Other names	Rajajinagara
Location	Chord Rd, West of Chord Road 2nd Stage, Nagapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560086
Coordinates	13.000334°N 77.549701°E / 13.000334; 77.549701
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	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	RJNR
History
Opened	1 March 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-01)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Mahalakshmi towards Madavara Green Line Mahakavi Kuvempu Road towards Silk Institute
Route map Legend Madavara Chikkabidarakallu Manjunath Nagar Nagasandra Dasarahalli Jalahalli Basaveshwara Peenya Depot Peenya Industry Peenya Goraguntepalya Orange Line Planned Yeshwanthpur Sandal Soap Factory Yeshwanthpura TTMC Mahalakshmi Rajajinagar Mahakavi Kuvempu Road Srirampura Indian Railways 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 Planned Yelachenahalli Konanakunte Cross Doddakallasandra Vajarahalli Thalaghattapura Silk Institute
Location

Station layout

Rajajinagar track layout
Legend
to Mahalakshmi P1 P2 to Mahakavi Kuvempu Road
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: Mahakavi Kuvempu Road
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Madavara Next Station: Mahalakshmi
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Entry/Exits

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

• Entry/Exit point A: Towards Tata Motors Showroom side
• Entry/Exit point B: Towards Ananya Hospital side

See also

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

References

1. "Punj Lloyd to build 8 stations for Bangalore Metro". Business Line. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
2. "Peenya-Sampige Road Metro Service From March 1". The New Indian Express. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
3. "'This one feels like Namma Metro as it's closer home'". The Hindu. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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.