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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mahatma Gandhi Road
| type = [[Namma Metro]] station
| style = Namma Metro
| image = Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station (Bangalore).jpg
| image_caption = Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station, Church Street entrance, February 2020
| address = [[M G Road, Bangalore|M.G. Road]], Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, [[Karnataka]] 560001
| country = India
| operator = [[Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd]] (BMRCL)
| coordinates = {{coord|12.975536|77.606830|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{color box|#{{Namma Metro color|Purple}}}} [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)|Purple Line]]
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]]
| platform = [[Side platform]] 
Platform-1 → [[Baiyappanahalli metro station|Baiyappanahalli]] Platform-2 → [[Kengeri metro station|Kengeri]]
| depth =
| levels = 2
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle = Yes<ref>{{cite news|title=Now, hop off Metro and take cycle|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-21/bangalore/34626728_1_kerberon-automobiles-control-of-green-assets-metro-station|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103082157/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-21/bangalore/34626728_1_kerberon-automobiles-control-of-green-assets-metro-station|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|accessdate=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 October 2012}}</ref>
| opened = {{start date and age|2011|October|20|df=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[third rail]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = MAGR
| owned = [[Namma Metro]]
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| services = {{s-rail|title=Namma Metro}} {{s-line|system=Namma Metro|line=Purple |previous=Trinity |next=Cubbon Park}}
| map_type = India Bangalore#Karnataka#India
| map_caption = Location in Bangalore##Location in Karnataka##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Mahatma Gandhi Road
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| route_map = {{BMR Purple Line}}
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'''Mahatma Gandhi Road''', commonly referred to by the abbreviation '''MG Road''', is a station on the Purple Line of the [[Namma Metro]] in [[Bangalore]], India. It was constructed by [[Punj Lloyd]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Punj Lloyd to build more Metro stations|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/199256/punj-lloyd-build-more-metro.html|accessdate=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=19 October 2009}}</ref> and opened to the public on 20 October 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangalore's Diwali gift ready – 'Namma Metro'|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/karnataka/bangalore-s-diwali-gift-ready-namma-metro_737180.html|accessdate=24 October 2011|newspaper=Zee News|date=18 October 2011}}</ref> The station MG Road has a bicycle stand next to the Urban Square, from where commuters can rent cycles.<ref name="Deccan Herald 2012">{{cite news|title=Metro to showcase Gandhi|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/286617/metro-showcase-gandhi.html|accessdate=23 September 2014|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=20 October 2012}}</ref>

==History==

===Boulevard===
The old MG Road boulevard was demolished to build [[Namma Metro]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-12/bangalore/30508346_1_mg-road-boulevard-bmrc-bangalore-metro-rail-corporation | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715233021/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-12/bangalore/30508346_1_mg-road-boulevard-bmrc-bangalore-metro-rail-corporation | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=MG Road boulevard back in 2012 | date=12 December 2011}}</ref> The reconstruction work was contracted to Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation and Karnataka Land Army Corporation. The deadline for completion was fixed as March 2012. However, the work was delayed when the ground was found to be unstable and had to be reinforced.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Loose-soil-delays-boulevard-work/articleshow/16963450.cms| work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Loose soil delays boulevard work| date=26 October 2012}}</ref>

The new boulevard cost {{INRConvert|50|m}} and portions of it were inaugurated on 5 September 2012. It spreads across 850 square metres.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://archive.asianage.com/bengaluru/mg-road-metro-station-gets-boulevard-fountain-719| work=[[The Asian Age]] | title=MG Road Metro station gets boulevard with fountain| date=6 September 2012}}</ref>

Further plans include a two-tier walkway with a museum, art gallery, amphitheatre and children's play area located on the ground floor. The first floor of the walkway will lead to the first floor/concourse of the metro station and both floors will be equipped with internationally designed toilets. The area where the dummy coach is parked will have ramps leading up to the boulevard.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/bangalore/36741956_1_mg-road-boulevard-touches-toilets | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033616/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/bangalore/36741956_1_mg-road-boulevard-touches-toilets | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Boulevard going through finishing touches: Sivasailam | date=4 February 2013}}</ref>

===Gandhi Centre===
BMRCL plans to open an exhibition of the life of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on one floor of the station. It was scheduled to open in 2013.<ref name="Deccan Herald 2012" />

== Station layout ==
{{Routemap
| title = M G Road track layout
| title-bg=#{{Namma Metro color|Purple}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map =
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cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Trinity metro station|Trinity]]
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cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Cubbon Park metro station|Cubbon Park]]
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| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
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{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 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=50 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]] No- 1, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Eastbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → [[Baiyappanahalli metro station|Baiyappanahalli]] next station [[Trinity metro station|Trinity]]
|-
|'''South West bound'''
|Towards ← [[Kengeri metro station|Kengeri]] next station [[Cubbon Park metro station|Cubbon Park]]
|-
|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]] No- 2, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

==In popular culture==
The introduction scene of [[Adah Sharma]] in 2015 Kannada film [[Rana Vikrama]] was shot at MG Road Metro railway station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/Puneeth-Rajkumar-Adah-Sharma-shoot-at-MG-Road-Metro-Station-Bangalore/articleshow/40670025.cms|title=Puneeth Rajkumar, Adah Sharma shoot at MG Road Metro Station, Bangalore}}</ref>

==Facilities==
[[Cash machine|ATM]] of several banks have been installed at Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lalitha|first1=S|title=ATMs prove to be money-spinner for Namma Metro|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2016/dec/26/atms-prove-to-be-money-spinner-for-namma-metro-1553127.html|accessdate=25 October 2017|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=26 December 2016}}</ref>
# [[ICICI Bank]]<ref>{{cite web|title=ICICI Bank|url=https://www.icicibank.com/atm/atms-in-bangalore/bangalore-sub-foreign-post/namma-metro-bmrcl-A6996.page|publisher=ICICI Bank}}</ref>
# [[HDFC Bank]]

==See also==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
*[[Bangalore]]
*[[List of Namma Metro stations]]
*[[Transport in Karnataka]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
*[[Rapid transit in India|List of rapid transit systems in India]]
*[[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation]]
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|MG Road metro station, Bangalore}}
{{Wikivoyage|Bangalore}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629131050/http://www.bmrc.co.in/English/index.html Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)]
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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->Sam2905 at 06:57, 2 November 2021