Cubbon Park metro station

12°58′52″N 77°35′49″E / 12.981095°N 77.596860°E / 12.981095; 77.596860Owned byBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)Operated byNamma MetroLine(s)Purple LinePlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi)
Platform-2 → ChallaghattaTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundPlatform levels2AccessibleYes Other informationStation codeCBPKHistoryOpened30 April 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-30)Electrified750 V DC third railServices

Preceding station	Namma Metro			Following station
Mahatma Gandhi Road towards Whitefield (Kadugodi)		Purple Line		Vidhana Soudha towards Challaghatta

Route map

Legend Whitefield (Kadugodi) Kadugodi Kadugodi Depot Hopefarm Channasandra Kadugodi Tree Park Pattandur Agrahara Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Nallurhalli Whitefield TTMC Kundalahalli Seetharamapalya Hoodi Garudacharapalya Singayyanapalya Krishnarajapuram (KR Puram) Blue Line Under Construction Benniganahalli Tin Factory Baiyappanahalli Swami Vivekananda Road Indiranagar Halasuru Trinity Mahatma Gandhi Road Pink Line Under Construction Cubbon 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 Orange Line Proposed Vijayanagar Attiguppe Vijayanagara TTMC Deepanjali Nagar Mysuru Road Orange Line Proposed Pantharapalya–Nayandahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Jnanabharathi Jnanabharathi Railway Station Pattanagere Kengeri Bus Terminal Kengeri TTMC Kengeri Challaghatta Depot (U/C) Challaghatta

Location

Cubbon Park is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bangalore, India. It was opened to the public on 30 April 2016. The station is located a few metres away from one of the entrances to Cubbon Park.^[1]

History

The Cubbon Park metro station, like all other underground stations on the Purple Line, was built using the cut-and-cover method.^[2]

There was a proposal to build a 35 km line known as Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link, from Cubbon Road to the Bengaluru International Airport in Devanahalli, according to BMRCL sources.^[3] This proposal was later shelved.

Art

Cubbon Park permits artists and students to showcase their work at the station under a project called "Art in Transit". An art installation by Prathmi Mehta, a student of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, features a board with the question, "What makes Bangalore?" in English and Kannada. The board instructs the viewer to pick up a thread from the tray next to board, and place it on one of 36 options on the board. The options available include Cubbon Park, Kesari bath, Copper Road, Russell Market, Lalbagh, Manyata Tech Park, Lumbini Gardens, Bull Temple, Indiranagar, Vidhana Soudha, Kengeri drain, Set Dosa, Namma Metro, Electronics City, Bisi bele bath, Bellandur Lake, Gulmohar tree, MG Road, Sankey Tank, and Ragi mudde. As of April 2017, the most popular choices were Electronics City, Bisi bele bath and Cubbon Park.^[4]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) next station is Mahatma Gandhi Road Change at the next station for Pink Line
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Challaghatta next station is Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha

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 - HAL office side
• Entry/Exit point B - Chinnaswamy Stadium side
• Entry/Exit point D - BSNL Office / Cubbon Park side

See also

• Bangalore
• Cubbon Park
• List of Namma Metro stations
• Transport in Karnataka
• List of metro systems
• List of rapid transit systems in India
• Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

References

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