Challaghatta Metro Station
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Challaghatta is the elevated western terminal metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of
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in the
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border, India. It is on a 2.05 km extension from
Kengeri Kengeri is a western suburb of Bangalore city, located along Mysore Road.It is bordered by Nagarbhavi and Ullal to the north, Rajarajeshwari Nagar to the east, Kumbalgodu to the west and Uttarahalli to the south. History The name Kengeri co ...
metro station. Alongside the station passes the main Bengaluru - Mysuru NH 275 Expressway which leads towards the cities of
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and
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. Trial runs on the new Kengeri - Challaghatta section of the line commenced on 29 July 2023. The station was opened and scheduled services commenced on 9 October 2023. No inauguration ceremony was held, but the new section of line was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on 20 October 2023.


History

In the 2011 plans for Phase 2 of the Metro extension, its western terminus was to be at Kengeri, where a train depot was to be built. However, the anticipated site could not be procured and so plans were revised to construct the depot and a further Metro station at Challaghatta. The
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gave approval for the station in January 2019. The station was scheduled to open by March 2022 but delays put down by an official of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited to "land acquisition issues", complications in building the overhead structure and labour shortages from waves of
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set back the project. Challaghatta is the smallest of the Phase I and II Bengaluru Metro stations and unlike the others, this metro station has no concourse. The distance from the train to the stairs and escalators is half that found at most other Metro stations. The station has two each of staircases, lifts and escalators. It is anticipated that between five and six hundred travellers will use the station daily. Shortly after opening, access to the station was criticised by students at nearby colleges, who must cross a busy road to reach the entrance. A pedestrian bridge over the road scheduled for construction by
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has been delayed. According to estate agents, the station has led to a significant increase in property prices in the area.


Station layout


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 Mysore Road side * Entry/Exit point B: Towards Challaghatta side


Nearby

* Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital * ACS College of Engineering iON Digital zonehttps://www.acsce.edu.in/


See also

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List of Namma Metro stations The Namma Metro ('), also known as Bangalore Metro, is the rapid transit system serving the city of Bangalore in India. Out of the operational 68 metro stations of Namma Metro as of November 2024, there are 59 elevated stations, eight undergrou ...
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Transport in Karnataka Karnataka, a state in South India has a well-developed transport system. Its capital city, Bengaluru is well-connected by air to domestic and international destinations and the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in the city is one of the bus ...
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* List of rapid transit systems in India *
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References

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