Sir M. Visveshwaraya station, Central College metro station

Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College
Namma Metro station
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General information
LocationPost Office Rd, Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560009
Coordinates12°58′27″N 77°35′02″E / 12.974104°N 77.584017°E / 12.974104; 77.584017
Owned byBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated byNamma Metro
Line(s)Purple Line
PlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi)
Platform-2 → Challaghatta
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth60 feet
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
ArchitectCEC - Soma - CICI JV
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeVSWA
History
Opened30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
Electrified750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha Purple Line Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station, Majestic
towards Challaghatta
Location

Sir M. Visveshwaraya Stn., Central College is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. This metro station was opened to the public on 30 April 2016.

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