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Baiyappanahalli
Namma Metro station
Front Entrance as of November 2024
General information
Other names	Baiyyappanahalli
Location	NGEF Main Rd, Sadanandanagar, Bennigana Halli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560033 India
Coordinates	12°59′27″N 77°39′09″E / 12.990763°N 77.652468°E / 12.990763; 77.652468
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Platform-2 → Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Island platform Platform-2 → Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Platform-3 → Mysuru Road / Challaghatta (Operational to Mysuru Road during peak hours)
Tracks	3
Connections	Baiyappanahalli Railway Station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Paid parking
Bicycle facilities	Parking available
Accessible	Yes
Architect	IVRCL - I8CR JV
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	BYPH
History
Opened	20 October 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-20)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Benniganahallitowards Whitefield (Kadugodi) Purple Line Swami Vivekananda Roadtowards Mysuru Road or 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 Indian Railways towards Whitefield Blue Line towards Central Silk Board Krishnarajapura (KR Pura) Blue Line Under construction Benniganahalli Tin Factory Indian Railways towards Yelahanka Jn Blue Line towards KIAL Terminals Indian Railways Towards Hosur and Banaswadi or Baiyyappanahalli 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 Indian Railways Towards Kengeri and KSR Bengaluru 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

Baiyappanahalli is an At-Grade metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in the Baiyyappanahalli neighbourhood, Bangalore, India.

Station layout

Baiyappanahalli track layout
Legend
to Swami Vivekananda Road P2P1 to Benniganahalli
to Swami Vivekananda Road P3P2 to Swami Vivekananda Road
Station with three tracks | One Side & Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next Station: Benniganahalli
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Next Station: Swami Vivekananda Road
	Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P3 Doors will open on the right
	Platform 3 Westbound	Towards ← Mysuru Road / Challaghatta Next Station: Swami Vivekananda Road
L2	Note:	(Towards Mysuru Road - Operational during peak hours)

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: Towards Old Madras Road or towards Tin Factory side
• Entry/Exit point B: Towards Baiyappanahalli Railway Stn.
• Entry/Exit point C: Towards Ramamurthy Nagar side and towards this metro parking

Facilities

BMRCL has constructed a skywalk from the Baiyappanahalli station to BMRCL's traffic integration area on the NGEF side (Kasturinagar). The commissioner of metro railway safety (Southern Circle) had given permission to construct the skywalk.

Initially, there were no toilets at Namma Metro stations, despite demand from commuters. The metro's first toilets were opened at Baiyappanahalli and Indiranagar stations on 21 June 2013.

Parking

Baiyappanahalli station has a 2600m asphalted parking area. It is being operated by Central Parking Services, under contract, until 2015. The parking lot can accommodate 100 four-wheel and 150 two-wheel vehicles. It was the first Namma Metro station to offer parking facilities.

Connections

The metro station is connected with the Baiyyappanahali railway station of the Indian Railways network.

See also

• Baiyyappanahalli
• Bangalore
• Baiyyappanahali railway station
• List of Namma Metro stations
• Transport in Karnataka
• List of metro systems
• List of rapid transit systems in India
• Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

• Bangalore
• Trains
• Transport
• Engineering

References

1. "Metro ready but how do we get to the station?". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. "Bangalore Metro opens to public at 4pm on Thursday". The Economic Times. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
3. "Bangalore Metro to continue work on underground station". Daily News and Analysis. 13 March 2012.
4. "At Metro, wanna pee? Pay Rs 3". Daily News and Analysis. 15 June 2013.
5. "Park car, pay more at metro". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 March 2012.
6. "Pay and park at two Metro stations". Times Of India. 31 March 2012.
7. "'No Parking' on Metro's E-W Underground Corridor". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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.

v t e Namma Metro
Purple Line 1	Whitefield (Kadugodi) Hopefarm Channasandra Kadugodi Tree Park Pattandur Agrahara Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Nallurhalli Kundalahalli Seetharampalya Hoodi Garudacharpalya Singayyanapalya Krishnarajapura ■ Benniganahalli Baiyappanahalli Swami Vivekananda Road Indiranagar Halasuru Trinity Mahatma Gandhi Road ■ Cubbon Park Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic ■ Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station Magadi Road Hosahalli ■ Vijayanagar Attiguppe Deepanjali Nagar Mysuru Road Pantharapalya - Nayandahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Jnanabharathi Pattanagere Kengeri Bus Terminal Kengeri Challaghatta
Depot(s)	■ Kadugodi & Challaghatta (U/C)
See also	List of Namma Metro stations

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