Baiyappanahalli metro station at Baiyyappanahalli is the eastern terminal point on the east–west corridor of the

Namma Metro Namma Metro ("Our Metro" in Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bengaluru, India. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in South India. Namma Metro has a mix of ...

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, India.

Station layout

**Currently Platforms 1 and 2 are under maintenance due to Purple Line extension towards Whitefield**

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 A skyway, skybridge, skywalk, or sky walkway is an elevated type of pedway connecting two or more buildings in an urban area, or connecting elevated points within mountainous recreational zones. Urban skyways very often take the form of encl ...

from the Baiyappanahalli station to BMRCL's traffic integration area on the

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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

Metro station is connected with

Baiyyappanahali railway station Baiyyappanahalli railway station (station code: BYPL) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyappanahalli, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka which is located about 13 km away from the Bangalore City railway station ...

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

network.

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. Namma Metro stations Railway stations in India opened in 2011 2011 establishments in Karnataka {{Karnataka-railstation-stub