Cubbon Park metro station

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Cubbon Park
Namma Metro Logo.png Namma Metro station
Cubbon Park Metro station interior.jpg
First level of the interior, after the ticket turnstiles. The platform level is seen at the foot of the stairs.
General information
Other namesSri Chamarajendra Park, Cricket Stadium
LocationAmbedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
India
Coordinates 12°58′52″N77°35′49″E / 12.981095°N 77.596860°E / 12.981095; 77.596860
Owned by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by Namma Metro
Line(s) Purple Line
Platforms Island platform
Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi)
Platform-2 → Challaghatta
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Wheelchair symbol.svg
ArchitectCEC - Soma - CICI JV
Other information
Station codeCBPK
History
Opened30 April 2016;8 years ago (2016-04-30)
Electrified750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Logo.png Namma Metro Following station
Mahatma Gandhi Road
towards Whitefield (Kadugodi)
Purple Line Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha
towards Challaghatta
Location
Cubbon Park metro station

Cubbon Park is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. It was opened to the public on 30 April 2016. The station is located a few metres away from one of the entrances to Cubbon Park. [1]

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History

The Cubbon Park metro station, like all other underground stations on the Purple Line, was built using the cut-and-cover method. [2]

There was a proposal to build a 35 km line known as Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link, from Cubbon Road to the Bengaluru International Airport in Devanahalli, according to BMRCL sources. [3] This proposal was later shelved.

Art

Cubbon Park permits artists and students to showcase their work at the station under a project called "Art in Transit". An art installation by Prathmi Mehta, a student of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, features a board with the question, "What makes Bangalore?" in English and Kannada. The board instructs the viewer to pick up a thread from the tray next to board, and place it on one of 36 options on the board, of which Cubbon Park was one of the three most popular in April 2017. [4]

Station layout

Cubbon Park track layout
Legend
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BSicon HSTf.svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
to Mahatma Gandhi Road Pink Line **
P1
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
P2
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha
BSicon HSTg.svg
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
** Under Construction
GStreet levelExit/ Entrance
MMezzanineFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
PPlatform 1
Eastbound		Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi)
Next station: Mahatma Gandhi Road
Change at the next station for Pink Line
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 2
Westbound		Towards ← Challaghatta
Next station: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Curious commuters flock to metro for a 'test' ride". The Hindu. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Metro will have high-speed link to BIA - Times Of India
  4. ↑ "To Bengalureans, the city is about Cubbon Park, IT & bisi bele bath". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 13 April 2017.


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