Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College is a station in the Purple Line of the Namma Metro in Bangalore, India, opened to the public on 30 April 2016.

Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College
Namma Metro station
Entrance View
General information
Location	Post Office Rd, Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560009
Coordinates	12.974104°N 77.584017°E / 12.974104; 77.584017
Owned by	Namma Metro
Operated by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Baiyappanahalli Platform-2 → Kengeri
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	60 feet
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	VSWA
History
Opened	30 April 2016; 6 years ago (2016-04-30)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Vidhana Soudha towards Baiyappanahalli Purple Line Majestic towards Kengeri
Route map Legend Whitefield Kadugodi Channasandra Kadugodi Pattandur Agrahara Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Nallurhalli Whitefield TTMC Kundalahalli Sitharama Palya Hoodi Junction Garudacharapalya Mahadevapura Krishnarajapuram (KR Puram) Upcoming  Blue Line  Benniganahalli Baiyappanahalli Swami Vivekananda Road Indiranagar Halasuru Trinity Mahatma Gandhi Road Upcoming  Pink Line  Cubbon Park (Sri Chamarajendra Park) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha Sir M. Visveswaraya Stn., Central College Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic  Green Line  Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station Magadi Road Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji Stn., Hosahalli Planned  Orange Line  (TBC) Vijayanagar Attiguppe Vijayanagara TTMC Deepanjali Nagar Mysuru Road Planned  Orange Line  (TBC) Nayandahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Jnanabharathi Jnanabharathi Railway Station Pattanagere Kengeri Bus Terminal Kengeri TTMC Kengeri Challaghatta
Location
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The station acquires its name from the nearby University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, which had been named after M. Visvesvaraya, an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.[1]

History

The Sir M. Visveshwaraya metro station, like all other underground stations on the Purple Line, was built using the cut-and-cover method.[2] The station is located at a depth of 60 feet. Authorities carried out 1,200 controlled blasts to dig through the tough rock structure.[3]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Eastbound	Platform 1 → Towards → Baiyappanahalli next station is Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	South West bound	Platform 2 ← Towards ← Kengeri next station is Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Change at the next station for  Green Line

Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College track layout
Legend
to Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

Entry/Exits

There are 5 Entry/Exit points – A, B, C, D and E. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.

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See also

• Bangalore
• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Namma Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bangalore.

• 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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