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{{Short description|Namma Metro's Purple & Pink Line interchange station}}
{{About|the Bangalore Metro station|other metro stations with the same name|Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station (disambiguation){{!}}Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mahatma Gandhi Road
| type = {{Namma Metro Infobox station line|line=Purple|line2=Pink}}
| style = Namma Metro
| image = MG Road metro station (2024) 01.jpg
| image_caption = [[Church Street, Bangalore|Church Street]] entrance of the station, October 2024
| address = [[M G Road, Bangalore|M.G. Road]], Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, [[Karnataka]] 560001
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.975536|77.606830|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{rcb|Namma Metro|Purple|croute}} {{rcb|Namma Metro|Pink|croute}}
| structure = [[Elevated]]
| platform = {{color box|#{{rail color|Namma Metro|Purple}}}} [[Side platform]] 
Platform-1 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Whitefield (Kadugodi)}} Platform-2 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Challaghatta}} {{color box|#{{rail color|Namma Metro|Pink}}}} [[Island platform]] Platform-1 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Kalena Agrahara}} Platform-2 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Nagawara}}
| depth =
| levels = 5 (2 Elevated + 2 UG)
| tracks = 2 + 2 (U/C)
| parking =
| bicycle = Yes<ref>{{cite news|title=Now, hop off Metro and take cycle|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Now-hop-off-Metro-and-take-cycle/articleshow/16898223.cms|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=live|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 October 2012}}</ref>
| opened = {{color box|#{{rail color|Namma Metro|Purple}}}} {{start date and age|2011|October|20|df=yes}}
| opening = {{color box|#{{rail color|Namma Metro|Pink}}}} {{start date and age|December 2026|df=yes}} '''''(TBC)'''''
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[third rail]]
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = MAGR
| owned = [[Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd]] (BMRCL)
| operator = [[Namma Metro]]
| architect = {{color box|#{{rail color|Namma Metro|Purple}}}} [[Punj Lloyd]] - Sembawang Infrastructure (India) [[Joint Venture|JV]] 
{{color box|#{{rail color|Namma Metro|Pink}}}} [[Larsen & Toubro]]
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Namma Metro
|line1=Purple|left1=Trinity|to-left1=Whitefield (Kadugodi)|right1=Cubbon Park|to-right1=Challaghatta|line2=Pink|left2=Shivaji Nagar|note-mid2=''(Operational around December 2026)''|right2=National Military School}}
| route_map = {{BMR Purple Line}}
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'''Mahatma Gandhi Road''' (commonly referred to as '''MG Road''') is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)|Purple Line]] of [[Namma Metro]] in [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]. Purple line station 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> This metro station will serve as Purple line's 2nd interchange station after [[Majestic metro station|Majestic]] metro station for the upcoming [[Pink Line (Namma Metro)|Pink Line]], being constructed by [[Larsen & Toubro]].

As per the latest updates, this metro station, under the second phase ('''Pink Line'''), covering the total distance of 13.8 km stretch ([[Dairy Circle metro station|Dairy Circle]] - [[Nagawara metro station|Nagawara]]) is expected to be operational around ''December 2026.'' <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bengaluru: Namma Metro pushes Pink Line deadline to December 2026 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/bengaluru-namma-metro-pushes-pink-line-deadline-to-december-2026-3256417 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-04 |title=Namma Metro's Pink line likely to open in phases |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/namma-metros-pink-line-likely-to-open-in-phases/article68484715.ece |access-date=2024-08-07 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-25 |title=Namma Metro's Pink Line: This Upcoming Corridor Is Set To Redefine The City Commute |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/bengaluru/namma-metros-pink-line-this-upcoming-corridor-is-set-to-redefine-the-city-commute-article-101255989 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-10 |title=Namma Metro Phase 2 In Bengaluru To Be Operational By 2025, Announces Karnataka Deputy CM |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/bengaluru/namma-metro-phase-2-in-bengaluru-to-be-operational-by-2025-announces-karnataka-deputy-cm-dk-shivakumar-article-107571304 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2023-09-27 |title=Good News! Pink Line of Bengaluru Metro to be 90% Ready by Second-half of 2024 |url=https://www.metrorailnews.in/good-news-pink-line-of-bengaluru-metro-to-be-90-ready-by-second-half-of-2024/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Metro Rail News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Namma Metro: Bengaluru's Under-Construction Pink Line Slated To Achieve 2 Milestones In a Week |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/bengaluru/namma-metro-bengalurus-under-construction-pink-line-slated-to-achieve-2-milestones-in-a-week-article-107286084 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref>

==History==

===Boulevard===
The old MG Road boulevard was demolished to build [[Namma Metro]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/MG-Road-boulevard-back-in-2012/articleshow/11075620.cms | 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=live | 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| archive-date=30 March 2014| access-date=30 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330113922/http://archive.asianage.com/bengaluru/mg-road-metro-station-gets-boulevard-fountain-719| url-status=dead}}</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=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Boulevard-going-through-finishing-touches-Sivasailam/articleshow/18336405.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033616/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/bangalore/36741956_1_mg-road-boulevard-touches-toilets | url-status=live | 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 ==
'''''{{rcb|Namma Metro|Purple|croute}} - Station Layout'''''
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Mahatma Gandhi Road track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Namma Metro|Purple}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTfgaq!~MASKa\-STRq!~PLT-\-STRq!~PLT-\-STRq!~PLT-\vCONTfgeq!~MASKa~~ ~~ ~~'''P1''' to {{stl|Namma Metro|Trinity}}
vCONTgfaq!~MASKa\-STRq\-STRq\-STRq\vCONTgfeq!~MASKa
\PLT-\PLT-\PLT-\~~ ~~ ~~'''P2''' to {{stl|Namma Metro|Cubbon Park}}
| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}}}
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|-
| valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="30" |'''L2'''
| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="85" |
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="30" |'''L2'''
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Side Platform]]<nowiki> | Doors will open on the left </nowiki>{{access icon}}
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="85" |'''Platform 1''' '''Eastbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards → [[Whitefield (Kadugodi) metro station|Whitefield (Kadugodi)]] '''Next Station:''' [[Trinity metro station|Trinity]]
|-
|'''Platform 2 Westbound'''
|Towards ← {{stl|Namma Metro|Challaghatta}} '''Next Station:''' [[Cubbon Park metro station|Cubbon Park]]
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |[[Side Platform]]<nowiki> | Doors will open on the left </nowiki>{{access icon}}
|-
| valign="top" |'''L1'''
| valign="top" |Mezzanine
| valign="top" |Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover 
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=30 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|}
'''''{{rcb|Namma Metro|Pink|croute}} Station Layout - To Be Confirmed'''''

{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Mahatma Gandhi Road track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Namma Metro|Pink}}
| title-color = white
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = HSTg\HSTf
PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Namma Metro|Shivaji Nagar}} **
*'''P#'''\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\*'''P#'''
PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Namma Metro|National Military School}} **
HSTg\HSTf
| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and one Island platform ** '''Under Construction'''</div>
}}}}
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=85|'''Platform #''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=500|Towards → {{stl|Namma Metro|Kalena Agrahara}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Namma Metro|National Military School}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]] | Doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=30|'''Platform #''' '''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards ← {{stl|Namma Metro|Nagawara}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Namma Metro|Shivaji Nagar}}
|}

==Entry/Exits==
There are 4 Entry/Exit points - A, B, C and D. Commuters can use either of the points for their travel.
* Entry/Exit point A: Towards Kumble Circle side with {{Access icon}}
* Entry/Exit point B: Towards Kamaraj Road with {{Access icon}}.
* Entry/Exit point C: Towards Brigade Road with {{Access icon}}
* Entry/Exit point D: Towards Church Street with {{Access icon}}.

==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 news|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|newspaper=The Times of India }}</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=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2016/dec/26/atms-prove-to-be-money-spinner-for-namma-metro-1553127.html|access-date=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|access-date=25 October 2017|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127065623/https://www.icicibank.com/atm/atms-in-bangalore/bangalore-sub-foreign-post/namma-metro-bmrcl-A6996.page|url-status=dead}}</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]]
}}
{{Clear}}
{{Portal bar|Bangalore|Trains|Transport|Engineering}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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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