Baiyappanahalli is an at-grade metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in the Baiyyappanahalli neighbourhood, Bangalore, India. This was the eastern terminal of Purple Line until 9 October 2023, until it got extended to Whitefield (Kadugodi).
Baiyappanahalli was one of the first six metro stations to be opened to the public in October 2011. The first train departed towards Mahatma Gandhi Road from Baiyappanahalli. Adjacent to the metro station are also facilities such as an inspection bay and BMRCL offices to monitor and control train operations.
Station layout
GStreet LevelExit/ EntranceCConcourseFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossoverPSide platform | Doors will open on the left Platform 1EastboundTowards → Next Station: Platform 2WestboundTowards ← Mysuru Road / Next Station: Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right Platform 3WestboundTowards ← Mysuru Road / Next Station: PNote:(Towards Mysuru Road - Operational during peak hours)
Entry/Exits There are 3 Entry/Exit points – A, B and C. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.
Entry/Exit point A: Towards Old Madras Road or towards Tin Factory side Entry/Exit point B: Towards Baiyappanahalli Railway Stn. Entry/Exit point C: Towards Ramamurthy Nagar side and towards this metro parking
Facilities 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.
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.
Parking Baiyappanahalli station has a 2600m2 asphalted parking area. It is being operated by Central Parking Services, under contract, until 2015. The parking lot can accommodate 100 four-wheel and 150 two-wheel vehicles. It was the first Namma Metro station to offer parking facilities.
Connections The metro station is connected with the Baiyyappanahali railway station of the Indian Railways network.
Gallery A couple of this metro station pictures are shown below:-
See also Baiyyappanahalli Bangalore Baiyyappanahali railway station List of Namma Metro stations Transport in Karnataka List of metro systems List of rapid transit systems in India Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
References
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.