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{{Short description|Namma Metro's Green Line terminal metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Silk Institute
| other_name = VISL Layout, Anjanapura, Anjanapura Township
| style = Namma Metro
| type = {{Namma Metro Infobox station line|line=Green}}
| image = Silk Institute metro station, Bangalore (2025).jpg
| caption = The station in 2025
| address = Kanakapura Rd, VISL Layout, Talaghattapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560062
| coordinates = {{coord|12.861858203224118|77.53000671267947|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd]] (BMRCL)
| operator = [[Namma Metro]]
| architect = Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)
| lines = {{rcb|Namma Metro|Green|croute}}
| platforms = [[Side platform]] Platform-1 → {{stl|Namma Metro|Madavara}} Platform-2 → Train terminates here
| tracks = 2
| structure = [[Elevated]], [[Double-track railway|double track]]
| levels = 2
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Staffed
| code = APTS
| opened = {{start date and age|2021|January|21|df=yes}}<ref name="open1"/>
| electrified = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[third rail]]
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Namma Metro|line=Green |left=Thalaghattapura|to-left=Madavara|right=|type2=|notemid=}}
| route_map = {{BMR Green Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Namma Metro|Green}}
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}

'''Silk Institute''' (formerly called Anjanapura or Anjanapura Township) is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the [[Green Line (Namma Metro)|Green Line]] of [[Namma Metro]] in [[Bengaluru]], India.<ref name="open1">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-15|title=Bengaluru's Namma Metro stretch from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute launched; open for public from today|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/bengalurus-namma-metro-stretch-from-yelachenahalli-to-silk-institute-launched-open-for-public-from-today/2171414/|access-date=2021-09-01|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Christin Mathew | last=Philip|date=16 Jan 2021|title=Bengaluru: 5,000 take Yelachenahalli- Silk Institute Metro line on Day 1|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-5000-take-yelachenahalli-silk-institute-metro-line-on-day-1/articleshow/80297392.cms|access-date=2022-11-28|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> This station was opened on 21 January 2021 to the public. This station is named after Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute,<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=karnataka+state+sericulture+research+%26+development+institute&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gIyCQgIECMYJxjqAjIJCAkQIxgnGOoCMgkIChAjGCcY6gIyCQgLECMYJxjqAjIJCAwQIxgnGOoCMgkIDRAjGCcY6gIyCQgOECMYJxjqAtIBBi0xajBqN6gCD7ACAQ&client=ms-android-vivo-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#sbfbu=1&pi=karnataka%20state%20sericulture%20research%20%26%20development%20institute Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute]</ref> located at Kanakapura road. The station was inaugurated along with five other stations, as a part of the [[Green Line (Namma Metro)|Green Line]] extension.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Namma Metro's 6 Km Yelachenahalli To Silk Institute Stretch Flagged-off|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/namma-metros-6-km-yelachenahalli-to-silk-institute-stretch-flagged-off-6347911.html|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Moneycontrol|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Christin Mathew Philip|date=13 Jan 2021|title=Bengaluru: Namma Metro's Sankranti gift brings cheer to Kanakapura Road residents {{!}} Bengaluru News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-namma-metros-sankranti-gift-brings-cheer-to-kanakapura-residents/articleshow/80247079.cms|access-date=2021-09-01|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Station layout ==
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Silk Institute track layout
| title color = white
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Namma Metro|Green}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTRgf\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Namma Metro|Thalaghattapura}}
*'''P1'''\cPLT\vSTRgf\cPLT\*'''P2'''
cPLT\vSTRgf\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to Train Terminates Here
vENDEe
| 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
|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
|-
|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=30 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]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85|'''Platform 2''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → Train terminates here
|-
|'''Platform 1''' '''Northbound'''
|Towards ← {{stl|Namma Metro|Madavara}} '''Next station:''' {{stl|Namma Metro|Thalaghattapura}}
|-
|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]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|}

==Entry/exits==
There are two entry/exit points – A and B. Commuters can use either for their travel.

* Entry/exit point A: towards Judicial Layout (BDA) Side
* Entry/exit point B: towards Jothi Farm Side
{{clear}}

[[File:Silk Institute metro station (as of Apr '22).jpg|thumb|left|A Green Line Namma Metro train at the southern terminus waiting for departure towards [[Nagasandra metro station|Nagasandra]] in 2022]]
== See also ==
[[File:Exits of Silk Institute Metro Station.jpg|thumb|Overhead sign showing the directions to the exits of the Silk Institute Metro Station.]]
* [[Central Silk Board metro station]]
* [[List of Namma Metro stations]]
* [[Transport in Karnataka]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
* [[Rapid transit in India|List of rapid transit systems in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Namma Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Bangalore}}
* [https://english.bmrc.co.in Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)]
* [https://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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[[Category:Namma Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Bengaluru]]
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2021]]

Silk Institute metro station - Revision history

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