Cubbon Park metro station
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
Cubbon Park track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform ** Under Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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
References
- "Curious commuters flock to metro for a 'test' ride". The Hindu. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- "Conducted 10,000 blasts to cut hard rocks: BMRCL". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- Metro will have high-speed link to BIA - Times Of India
- "To Bengalureans, the city is about Cubbon Park, IT & bisi bele bath". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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.