Sir M. Visveshwaraya metro station

Sir M. Visveshwaraya
Namma Metro station
Owned by BMRCL
Platforms Island
Construction
Depth 60 metres
History
Opened 30 April 2016
Services
Preceding station   Namma Metro   Following station
Purple Line
toward Mysore Road

Sir M. Visveshwaraya is a station in the Purple Line of the Namma Metro in Bangalore, India, opened to the public on 30 April 2016.

The station acquires its name from the nearby Visvesvaraya Technological University, which had been named after M. Visvesvaraya, an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.[1]

References

  1. "A First-hand Account of Namma Metro's Underground Ride". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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