Krishnarajapura (abbreviated as K.R. Pura) is an important elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line as well as the South-North corridor of the upcoming Blue Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. This will be an upcoming interchange metro station after Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic having interchange with Purple and Green Lines. Around this station, holds the main KR Puram Railway station followed by some locations like KR Pura Hanging Bridge leading towards Hoskote, Tin Factory, ITI General Hospital and many more. This station under Blue Line is planned to be operational December 2026 instead of June 2026.
The Whitefield - Krishnarajapura trial runs were successfully conducted (under Purple Line) from 25 October for a month. This metro station (under Purple Line) was inaugurated on March 25, 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was commenced to the public on March 26, 2023.
History
Blue Line In December 2019, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) invited bids for the construction of the metro station, part of the 8.377 km Reach 2A – Package 2 (Kodibeesanahalli - Krishnarajapura) of the 18.236 km Blue Line of Namma Metro. On 13 October 2020, Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) was chosen as the lowest bidder for this segment, with their proposal closely matching the initial cost estimates. As a result, the contract was awarded to the company, which led to the beginning of the construction works of this metro station as per the agreed terms.
Station layout
GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossoverL2Side platform | Doors will open on the left Platform #EastboundTowards → Next Station: Platform #WestboundTowards ← Train Terminates Here** Next Station: Island platform | P1 & P# doors will open on the left Station Layout & Platform Numbers - (TBC)Platform 1EastboundTowards → Next Station: Platform 2 WestboundTowards ← Next Station: Side platform | Doors will open on the left L2Note: ** To be further extended to in future
Gallery An Image of this metro station pictures are shown below:-
Connections This metro station is connected with Krishnarajapuram of Indian Railways network via a foot overbridge.
Entry/Exit There are 2 Entry/Exit points - A and B. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.
Entry/Exit point A - Towards KR Pura Railway Station side Entry/Exit point B - Towards Whitefield Main Road side
See also Krishnarajapuram Bengaluru 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.
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