Majestic metro station

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic is an important underground interchange metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line and North-South corridor of Green Line of Namma Metro in Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, India. It opened to the public on 30 April 2016 as part of Namma Metro's Phase-1. This important metro station serves as the interchange station allowing passengers to transfer between these lines for ease of travel. The station is located within walking distance from BMTC & KSRTC's Kempegowda Bus Station, as also the City's Main Railway station.

Construction
The contract to construct Majestic station was awarded to Coastal-GYT Joint Venture at a cost of inr 2720000000. Construction began in January 2012 and was expected to be completed in 2014, but faced delays due to the hardness of the rock to be excavated, and missed several deadlines. The delays escalated the cost to inr 5000000000. KSRTC, the state inter-city bus transport agency, provided BMRCL with 20 acres of land for construction of the station, slightly over half of which was returned to KSRTC after construction was completed. BMRCL paid KSRTC inr 46000000 annually during the construction period as rent for the land. During the construction period, KSRTC incurred a loss of inr 1000000000 as they had to shut down bus services in the area.

BMRCL employed 2,240 engineers, construction workers and others to build the station. Majestic station (and all other underground stations of Namma Metro's Phase-1) was built using the cut-and-cover method. For Majestic station, the rocks were cut by blasting and 10,000 blasts had to be conducted during excavation. BMRCL stated that it had used 300,000 cubic meters of sand (equal to the volume of six football fields) and 100,000 cubic meters of cement to build the station. The underground section of the station includes a rake interchange to transfer trains between Purple and Green Line trains and vice versa.

The station opened to the public on 30 April 2016. Green Line services commenced at the station (at one level below purple line) on 18 June 2017.

Structure
The station has four levels with a total floor surface area of 48,000 square meters (520,000 square feet) and is said to be the largest underground metro station in Asia. The station area covers 7 acres. Purple Line train platform is 365 metres long, Green Line train platform is 300 metres long. It has 12 staircases, 18 escape routes and 24 escalators. The station's platforms are designed to handle 20,000 commuters at any given time.

The surface level houses the entrances. There are four main entrances facing west, north-west, south and east. Pedestrian subways and sky-walks connect the station to the adjacent railway station and the bus termini.

Ticket counters are located on a mezzanine floor. The first underground level has platforms for Purple Line trains and the second underground level has platforms for Green Line trains, perpendicular to those of the platforms for Purple Line trains.

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 A1: Towards KSR Bengaluru Railway Stn. with wheelchair accessibility
 * Entry/Exit point A: Towards KSRTC Bus Stand with wheelchair accessibility
 * Entry/Exit point B: Towards Upparpete Police Station / Tank Bund Road side with wheelchair accessibility
 * Entry/Exit point C: Towards Chikka Lalbagh with wheelchair accessiblity
 * Entry/Exit point D: Towards BMTC Bus Stand

Connections

Kempegowda Bus Station

City railway station