Chikkabidarakallu metro station

Chikkabidarakallu
Namma Metro station
Station Board as of February 2025
General information
Location	Tumkur Road, Anchepalya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560073
Coordinates	13°03′09″N77°29′17″E / 13.0524077°N 77.4879204°E / 13.0524077; 77.4879204
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	(TBC)
Accessible	(TBC)
Architect	Simplex Infrastructure
Other information
Status	Operational & Staffed
Station code	JIDL
History
Opened	7 November 2024;8 months ago (7 November 2024)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Madavara Terminus Green Line Manjunath Nagar 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

Chikkabidarakallu is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. The main Prestige Jindal City run by the Prestige Group of Companies in Bengaluru, Karnataka is located around this metro station.

The Madavara-Nagasandra stretch trial run was conducted on August 6, 2024 ^{[1] [2]} and with a successful trial run, the metro station was opened on November 6, 2024, with the commercial run starting from November 7, 2024. ^{[3] [4]} This metro station was opened without any inauguration ceremony but will be formally inaugurated at a later date. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Station layout

Chikkabidarakallu track layout
Legend
to Madavara P1 P2 to Manjunath Nagar
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: Manjunath Nagar
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Madavara
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

See also

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

References

1. Ghoshal, Sudeshna (6 August 2024). "Bengaluru metro update: New trains on Green line for THESE stations in Bangalore; trial run today". Mint. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
2. Sridhar Vivan (5 August 2024). "Green line trial runs kick off in August". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
3. "Extended Namma Metro Green Line operation launch likely on November 6". The Times of India. 5 November 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
4. "Bengaluru Metro's Green Line extension set to open on Nov 7". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
5. "Day before public launch, DK Shivakumar takes metro ride to Madavara". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
6. "After 7 years, extended Green Line opens today". The Times of India. 6 November 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 7 November 2024.
7. "Extended Metro green line from Nagasandra to Madavara inaugurated - Public TV English". 6 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

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.