Banashankari metro station

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| name = Banashankari

| type = {{Namma Metro Infobox station line|line=Green}}

| other_name = Banashankari Temple, Banashankari TTMC, Banashankari Bus Station

| style = Namma Metro

| image = Banashankari Metro Station.jpg

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| address = Kanakapura Rd, Sarbandapalya, JP Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560078

| coordinates = {{coord|12.915649|77.573631}}

| line = {{rcb|Namma Metro|Green|croute}}

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| structure = Elevated, Double track

| platform = Side platform

Platform-1 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Madavara}}
Platform-2 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Silk Institute}}

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| levels = 2

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{rint|bus}} Banashankari TTMC

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| opened = {{start date and age|2017|June|18|df=yes}}

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| electrified = 750 V DC third rail

| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}

| status = Staffed

| code = BSNK

| owned = Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)

| operator = Namma Metro

| architect = JMC Projects

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| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Namma Metro|line=Green |left=Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road |right=Jaya Prakash Nagar}}

| route_map = {{BMR Green Line}}

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Banashankari is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro serving the Sarbandapalya area of Bengaluru, India. It was opened to the public on 18 June 2017.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/nagasandra-puttenahalli-metro-line-to-open-by-may-end-says-george/articleshow/58484491.cms |title=Nagasandra-Puttenahalli Metro line to open by May-end, says KJ George |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2017-05-03 |accessdate=2017-07-02}}

History

Station layout

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| title = Banashankari track layout

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| title-bg = #{{rail color|Namma Metro|Green}}

| legend = track

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cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Namma Metro|Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road}} {{rcb|Namma Metro|Yellow|croute}} *

P1\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*P2

cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Namma Metro|Jaya Prakash Nagar}} {{rcb|Namma Metro|Orange|croute}} **

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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
* Final Stages before Operations
** Approved

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=30 valign=top|G

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85 valign=top|Street level

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance

valign=top|L1

|valign=top|Mezzanine

|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 rowspan=4 valign=top|L2

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85|Platform 2
Southbound

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → {{stl|Namma Metro|Silk Institute}}
Next Station: {{stl|Namma Metro|Jaya Prakash Nagar}}
Change at the next station for {{rcb|Namma Metro|Orange|croute}} **

Platform 1
Northbound

|Towards ← {{stl|Namma Metro|Madavara}}
Next Station: {{stl|Namma Metro|Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road}}
Change at the next station for {{rcb|Namma Metro|Yellow|croute}}

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|Side platform | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 rowspan=2 valign=top|L2

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85|

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|

Gallery

Banashankari metro station:-

File:Banashankari metro station (Outside).jpg|Outside view of Banashankari metro station

File:Gate D of banshankari metro.jpg|Exit Gate D towards the Banashankari Temple Side

File:Gate A Banshankari metro.jpg|Exit Gate A towards the Shakambari Nagar Side

Connections

The station is also connected to the BMTC's Banashankari Bus Station and the Sri Banashankari Amma Temple.

Entry/Exits

{{Empty section|date=October 2022|comment=There are 4 gates. Gate D opens towards banshankari bus stop only 2 minutes away. Gate A takes you on the other side of the road}}

References

External links

[https://english.bmrc.co.in Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)]
[https://www.urbanrail.net UrbanRail.Net] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

Category:Namma Metro stations

Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2017

Category:2017 establishments in Karnataka

Category:Railway stations in Bengaluru