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Route map
	Legend
	Blue Line
	Under construction
	Indian Railways Towards Hosur and
	Banaswadi or Baiyyappanahalli
	Pink Line
	Under construction
	Orange Line
	Proposed
	Indian Railways Towards
	Kengeri and KSR Bengaluru
	Orange Line
	Proposed
	Legend
	Orange Line
	Approved
	Indian Railways Towards
	Yesvantpur Jn and KSR Bengaluru
	Yellow Line
	Final stages before operations
	Orange Line
	Approved

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic
Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic
Namma Metro station
General information
Other names	Majestic, Kempegowda station, Majestic Bus Station, Kempegowda Bus Station
Location	Tank Bund Rd. Kempegowda, Majestic, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560009; India
Coordinates	12°58′32″N 77°34′22″E / 12.975692°N 77.572836°E
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line Green Line
Platforms	Side platform; Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi) ; Platform-2 → Challaghatta; Island platform; Platform-3 → Madavara; Platform-4 → Silk Institute
Tracks	4
Connections	Bangalore City Railway Station; Kempegowda Bus Station
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Depth	80 feet (24 m)
Platform levels	2
Parking	available
Accessible	Yes
Architect	GYT - COASTAL JV
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	KGWA
History
Opening	30 April 2016 (Purple Line); 18 June 2017 (Green Line)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Passengers
July 2017	9 lakh
Rank	1 out of 41
Services
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Blue Line
	Under construction
	Indian Railways Towards Hosur and
	Banaswadi or Baiyyappanahalli
	Pink Line
	Under construction
	Orange Line
	Proposed
	Indian Railways Towards
	Kengeri and KSR Bengaluru
	Orange Line
	Proposed
	Legend
	Orange Line
	Approved
	Indian Railways Towards
	Yesvantpur Jn and KSR Bengaluru
	Yellow Line
	Final stages before operations
	Orange Line
	Approved
Location
Location

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic is an underground interchange metro station on the east–west corridor of the Purple Line and north–south corridor of Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, in the state of Karnataka, India.^[2] 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.^[3] The station is located within walking distance from BMTC & KSRTC's Kempegowda Bus Station, as also the City's Main Railway station.

The contract to construct Majestic station was awarded to Coastal-GYT JV at a cost of ₹272 crore (US$32 million). 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.^[4]^[5] The delays escalated the cost to ₹500 crore (US$59 million). 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 ₹4.6 crore (US$540,000) annually during the construction period as rent for the land. During the construction period, KSRTC incurred a loss of ₹100 crore (US$12 million) as they had to shut down bus services in the area.^[6]

BMRCL employed 2,240 engineers, construction workers and others to build the station.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[6] The underground section of the station includes a rake interchange to transfer trains between Purple and Green Line trains and vice versa.^[8]

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.

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.^[9] The station area covers 7 acres.^[6]^[9] 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.^[10] The station's platforms are designed to handle 20,000 commuters at any given time.^[6]

The surface level houses the entrances. There are four main entrances facing west, north-west, south and east.^[11] 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.^[9]^[12]

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic
track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic
track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and one Island platform

Surface level	Street level	Entrances and Exits
UG Level-1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
UG Level-2	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Next Station: Sir M. Visveshwaraya station, Central College
UG Level-2	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Challaghatta Next Station: Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
UG Level-3	Platform 4 Southbound	Towards → Silk Institute Next Station: Chickpete
	Island platform \| Doors will open on the right
	Platform 3 Northbound	Towards ← Madavara Next Station: Mantri Square Sampige Road

to Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station

to Sir M. Visveshwaraya station, Central College

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 accessibility
Entry/Exit point D: Towards BMTC Bus Stand

Connections

Kempegowda Bus Station

City railway station