Baiyappanahalli is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in the Baiyyappanahalli neighbourhood, Bangalore, India. [2]
Baiyappanahalli track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with three tracks | One Side & Island platform |
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: Benniganahalli | |
Platform 2 Westbound | Towards ← Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Next Station: Swami Vivekananda Road | |
Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
Platform 3 Westbound | Towards ← Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Next Station: Swami Vivekananda Road | |
L2 | Note: | (Towards Mysuru Road - Operational during peak hours) |
There are 3 Entry/Exit points – A, B and C. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.
BMRCL has constructed a skywalk from the Baiyappanahalli station to BMRCL's traffic integration area on the NGEF side (Kasturinagar). The commissioner of metro railway safety (Southern Circle) had given permission to construct the skywalk. [3]
Initially, there were no toilets at Namma Metro stations, despite demand from commuters. The metro's first toilets were opened at Baiyappanahalli and Indiranagar stations on 21 June 2013. [4]
Baiyappanahalli station has a 2600m2 asphalted parking area. It is being operated by Central Parking Services, under contract, until 2015. [5] The parking lot can accommodate 100 four-wheel and 150 two-wheel vehicles. [6] It was the first Namma Metro station to offer parking facilities. [7]
The metro station is connected with the Baiyyappanahali railway station of the Indian Railways network.
A couple of this metro station pictures are shown below:-