29-594: Mantri Square Sampige Road (formerly known as Sampige Road ) is an important elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro serving the Malleswaram area of Bangalore , India. It was opened to the public on 1 March 2014. The station was constructed by Mantri Developers and consists of two basements, one ground and one upper floor. The station was named Mantri Square Sampige Road due to
58-534: A 27-storey commercial complex adjacent to the Mantri Square mall and the Sampige Road station. The towers will be 112.9 metres and 100.85 metres tall respectively. The residential tower will have three basements, one ground and 32 floors, while the commercial/office tower will have three basements, one ground and 27 upper floors. The station and the two towers will occupy 1,77,885.10 square metres of land. The project
87-570: A PPP agreement between the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) and Mantri. Mantri Square is a shopping mall located near the station. The station area covers around 80,000 sq feet. A bridge connecting the station to the first floor of the mall was inaugurated on 20 August 2014. This was the first bridge in India directly linking a metro station with a mall. The BMRCL acquired 5.03 acres of land from Mantri Developers for
116-406: A contract worth ₹563.4 crore (US$ 79.0 million) to supply control and signalling system for the first phase of the project. The consortium is led by Alstom and composed of Alstom Transport SA, Thales Group Portugal S A and Sumitomo Corporation . Alstom will provide the design, manufacture, supply, installing, testing and commissioning of the train control and signalling system and Thales will provide
145-869: A cost of Rs 1,672.50 crore (Rs 16.72 billion). Coach specifications were as follows. Dimensions: Length-20.8m, Width-2.88m, and Height-3.8m. Each coach has a seating capacity of about 50 and standing capacity of 306 (basis 8 per sqm). Thus, each train had a capacity of about 1000. Traction was through four 180 kW motors in each motor coach. The trains have a maximum speed of 80 km/h and axle load of 15 tonnes. The trains operate on 750V DC with third rail bottom power collector system. Features include stainless steel body fully air-conditioned coaches, longitudinal bank of wide seats, wide vestibules between coaches, non-skid and non-slip floor surfaces, wi-fi enabled, four wide passenger access doors on each side, wide windows, automatic voice announcement system and electronic information and destination display system. Initial operations on
174-623: A deadline for completion of 27 months. The start of construction on the extension was delayed by 4 months due to land acquisition issues concerning land near Jindal Aluminium Limited in Kirloskar Layout. The issues were resolved and construction began in June 2017. Construction work on Reach 3C is expected to be ready by June–August 2022. Trials runs were conducted in August 2024 and it was inaugurated on 7 November 2024. There have been petitions to extend
203-567: A later stage. Green Line sections were opened as indicated below. Construction work on Reach 3 and 3A of Phase I of the Namma Metro began in 2009–10. The total cost of the project on this stretch was ₹ 2,100 crore. Work on the underground section commenced in May 2011. TBMs named Kaveri, Krishna and Godavari were used for tunnel boring work for the Green Line. The first trial run on
232-468: A speed of 10 km/h (6.2 mph), and then along the entire elevated section between National College and Yelachenahalli at a speed of 25 km/h (16 mph). Trial runs began in the tunneled section on 30 March 2017. Services at Sampige Road, Srirampura and Kuvempu Road stations were suspended between 13 and 22 March 2017 to allow authorities to conduct static and other tests and to link Sampige Road station with Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station. During
261-512: Is a joint venture of the BMRCL and Mantri Infrastructure Private Limited. Mantri handed over 12,286 square metres in the acquired area for the construction of a 24-metre four-lane road for commuters. The presence of the Mantri Square mall in the area has created traffic gridlock on Sampige Road. However, traffic experts believe that the construction of the two towers will not affect the traffic flow in
290-501: Is an interchange station between Green and Purple Lines . After Phase II was completed, the line extended its stretch from Madavara in northwest to Silk Institute in the South. The length of the line increased to 34.46 kilometres (21.41 mi). Nagasandra-Madavara stretch was inaugurated on November 6 2024 without any inauguration ceremony with the commercial run started from November 7 2024. This stretch will be formally inaugurated at
319-589: Is the elevated northern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bangalore , India. Around this metro station holds the main Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre , an important Exhibition Centre for conducting different exhibition events, conferences from all over the world. As per latest updates, the Madavara - Nagasandra stretch trial run
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#1732854685476348-492: The 10-day testing period, services operated only between Nagasandra and Rajajinagar stations. The BMTC introduced special feeder bus services to transport passengers from Rajajinagara to Hosahalli. Services between Sampige Road and Rajajinagara were suspended again for four days beginning 13 April 2017 to conduct trial runs on the underground section between Sampige Road and National College. Trial runs were completed on 16 May 2017. [REDACTED] Contract for construction of
377-465: The 6.5 km Reach 4B from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute (previously named Anjanapura) was awarded to Nagarjuna Construction Co. The extension was estimated to cost ₹ 508.86 crore (US$ 61 million). Civil work on the extension began in October 2016 and was completed by 2020. Trial runs were conducted on 18–19 December 2020 following which the extension was inaugurated on 14 January 2021, making it
406-578: The BBMP to approve the plan on 15 April 2013. The BBMP's appeal against this order was disposed of by a division bench on 18 June. The court stated that Mantri could be compelled to surrender the TDR if the court [in a separate pending case] found that it had actually encroached government land. Then BBMP Commissioner M. Lakshminarayana ordered the plan be approved on 26 July, and the Joint Director (Town Planning) approved
435-586: The Green Line began with twenty-one 3-coach trains. As loads increased with increasing ridership, all trains were converted to six coaches. Rolling stock on the Green Line are silver with a streak of bright green along its length. Power is supplied to the Green Line from the Peenya sub-station of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) . In September 2009, the consortium led by Alstom Project India Limited were awarded
464-435: The Green Line from 6 am to 11 pm. This was extended from 5AM to 11PM from 1 December 2015. The frequency along the line was 15 minutes between 5AM and 8AM and 8PM and 11PM, and 10 minutes between 8AM and 8PM. Trains halt for 30 seconds at each station. The 24.2 km journey is usually covered in about 42 minutes. Each six-coach train has a capacity of 2,004 passengers. Madavara metro station Madavara
493-500: The Green Line was conducted on 8 August 2013. Construction required 1.3 lakh tonnes of concrete, 44,500 tonnes (98,100,000 lb) of steel bars, and 190 km (120 mi) of high tension wires weighing 2,900 tonnes (6,400,000 lb). A total of 395 piers, including station piers and portals, were constructed on the stretch. The tallest pier of the viaduct is a 21-metre (69 ft) pier between Kuvempu Road and Sriramapura stations, opposite Gayatri Devi Park. There 353 spans on
522-598: The Majestic station end of the tunnel on 19 April 2016. Meanwhile, Kaveri and Krishna continued drilling the underground section between National College and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station. Construction of the underground section of Green Line required the use of 3,000 transit mixer loads of concrete. 1,000 km (620 mi) of cable had to be laid. Trial runs on the elevated section between National College and Yelachenahalli began on 23 November 2016. Trials were conducted between National College and Jayanagara initially at
551-421: The area. Traffic engineering expert M.N. Sreehari stated that the 24 metre-wide road would be able to handle the traffic emanating from the towers. The project was opposed by then Gandhinagar MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao, who felt that it would benefit neither the metro nor the general public. He instead wanted the BMRCL to scrap the agreement, and construct the station on its own. The BBMP had initially denied approval to
580-557: The design, installing, testing and commissioning of the telecommunication system for Phase I of the metro system. It includes the Urbalis 200 Automatic Train Control system which will ensure optimal safety, flexible operations and heightened passenger comfort. The integrated control centre at Baiyyappanahalli has direct communication with trains and stations are CCTV fitted with visual and audio service information. Trains initially operated on
609-448: The first section of Phase II to start commercial operations. In October 2016, BMRCL invited bids for the construction of viaduct and stations on the 3.031 km extension (Reach 3C) of the Green Line from Nagasandra to Madavara (previously named Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre). Reach 3C was awarded to Simplex Infrastructure Limited in late February 2017. The contract specified a cost of ₹ 247.41 crore (US$ 30 million) and
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#1732854685476638-589: The line south until the Art of Living International Centre in the outskirts of Bengaluru. There are 32 stations on the Green Line. Each station has around 60 surveillance cameras. Passenger lifts and escalators are provided at all stations. ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಿದರಕಲ್ಲು [REDACTED] KSR Bangalore City Jn [REDACTED] Kempegowda Bus Station BMRC procured 150 metro coaches for fifty 3-car train sets in DMC-TC-DMC formation for Phase l of Namma Metro from BEML-Hyundai Rotem at
667-475: The northwest to Silk Institute in the south. The line connects the industrial centers of Peenya and Yeshwanthpur along Tumakuru Road in the north with the central hub of Majestic and the southern residential areas of Bangalore such as Basavanagudi , Jayanagar , Banashankari , Konanakunte Cross, Thalaghattapura along Kanakapura Road. Green Line is mostly elevated, with 26 elevated and 3 underground stations. The Line passes through Majestic station which
696-727: The opening day. In the first month of operations, 7.62 lakh people at an average of 24,605 people daily used the Green Line, generating a revenue of ₹ 1.5 crore (US$ 180,000). TBM Godavari began drilling the 970-metre (3,180 ft) underground section between Sampige Road and Majestic stations in April 2014. Godavari broke down a few months later, and needed to have its cutter head replaced. The machine broke down due to tough terrain including hard rock and boulders. The cutter head had to be imported from Italy. The machine restarted work in September 2015. Godavari completed drilling and emerged on
725-523: The plans to Mantri and the BMRCL for the construction of Swastik metro station, which was later renamed as the Mantri Square Sampige Road station. The Indian Railways had removed the encroachment from its land, following the disclosure. It is unclear whether the project was built on the encroached railway land. However, a single judge bench of the High Court, on a writ petition by Mantri, directed
754-521: The project when its internal probe showed that the builder had allegedly encroached on two acres and 11 guntas of government land comprising railway land, a part of Jakkarayana Kere and a mud road. The BBMP argued that the builder could receive transferable development rights (TDR) in exchange for handing over the encroached mud road to them for the construction of a road. The Survey and Settlement Department affirmed that Mantri had encroached on government land. Then BBMP commissioner Siddaiah opposed approving
783-475: The same on 22 August 2013. There are 3 Entry/Exit points – A, B and C. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel. Green Line (Namma Metro) Green Line of Namma Metro was built along with the Purple Line during the first phase of construction of the metro rail system for the city of Bengaluru , Karnataka , India . The 30.5 km (19.0 mi) line connects Madavara in
812-422: The station in 2007. The former then entered into an agreement with Mantri for joint development of the land. As per the agreement, Mantri would construct the station at a cost of ₹ 30 crore and also develop the surrounding land by building about 800,000 square feet of commercial space under a 99-year lease. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) approved plans to construct a 32-storey residential complex and
841-399: The stretch, the longest being the 66-metre (217 ft) curved span over the railway track off Sriramapura. The total roofing area of the 10 stations on the stretch was 47,000 square metres (510,000 sq ft). The first section of Green Line was opened to public on 1 March 2014. BMRCL Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola stated that about 25,000 passengers traveled on the line on
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