Vajarahalli metro station

Vajarahalli
Namma Metro station
This station leading towards Silk Institute
General information
Location	Kanakapura Road, Vajarahalli Village, Talaghattapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560062
Coordinates	12°52′39″N77°32′41″E / 12.87745466146456°N 77.54459442247827°E / 12.87745466146456; 77.54459442247827
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
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	VJRH
History
Opened	21 January 2021;4 years ago (2021-01-21) [1]
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Doddakallasandra towards Madavara Green Line Thalaghattapura 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 Yellow Line towards Delta Electronics Bommasandra Banashankari Banashankari TTMC Jaya Prakash Nagar Orange Line Approved Yelachenahalli Konanakunte Cross Doddakallasandra Vajarahalli Thalaghattapura Silk Institute Anjanapura Depot (U/C)
Location

Vajarahalli is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. ^{[1] [2]} This station was opened on 21 January 2021 to the public. The station was inaugurated along with five other stations, as a part of the Green Line extension. ^{[3] [4]}

Station layout

Vajarahalli track layout
Legend
to Doddakallasandra P1 P2 to Thalaghattapura
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: Thalaghattapura
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Madavara Next Station: Doddakallasandra
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Video of a metro train arriving at the station

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 Bayanapalya (Magnum Honda Showroom)
• Entry/Exit point B: Towards Raghuvanahalli (DMart Kanakapura Road)

See also

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

References

1. Nag, Devanjana (15 January 2021). "Bengaluru's Namma Metro stretch from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute launched; open for public from today". Financial Express. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
2. Christin Mathew Philip (16 January 2021). "Bengaluru: 5,000 take Yelachenahalli- Silk Institute Metro line on Day 1 | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
3. "Namma Metro's 6 Km Yelachenahalli To Silk Institute Stretch Flagged-off". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. Christin Mathew Philip (13 January 2021). "Bengaluru: Namma Metro's Sankranti gift brings cheer to Kanakapura Road residents | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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.