Namma Metro is set to alter the landscape of Namma Bangalore, if the state government's plans are anything to go by.
BANGALORE: Namma Metro is set to alter the landscape of Namma Bangalore, if the state government's plans are anything to go by.
The landmark inter Kempe Gowda KSRTC Bus Terminus at Subhashnagar, will make way to a 46-storey Transport Terminal Tower which will come up on an underground Metro railway station.
The adjacent BMTC bus terminus will also go underground, literally at that.
Tenders have been invited for the construction of the Transport Terminal Tower, the tallest of its kind in the country, which will act as a hub for people availing the services of the Metro, BMTC buses and the city railway station.
The tower will also house the offices of BMRCL, KSRTC, BMTC and other state government utilities, transport minister R Ashok told mediapersons here.
Once the Subhashnagar BMTC bus terminus goes underground, then it will be the first such bus terminus in the country.
The three-floor underground bus terminus will have facilities for operating and parking of buses, ticket counters and other passenger amenities. The present BMTC bus depot and service workshop would be relocated, Ashok said.
With work on the Subashnagar (Majestic) Metro station scheduled to start in March, the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the nodal agency for implementing the project, has sought 20 acres of land for the purpose.
Satellite inter-modal transport terminuses would be built at NGEF on Old Madras Road, near Hebbal flyover on Bellary Road, Peenya on Tumkur Road and on Hosur Road to cater to inter-state and mofussil services.
While 18 acres of land is already available near NGEF for the purpose, the process of land acquisition is on for other terminuses, Ashok said.
Till these new terminuses come up, inter and intra state bus services would be operated from temporary bus stations that will come up at Shantinagar Sports Ground; near KIMCO on Mysore Road; Kengeri; Hebbal; Hoskote; Rajarajeshwari Nagar; Bidadi; Electronic City; BTM layout; Anjanapura; Byappanahalli; Vaddarahalli; Peenya First Phase and Chikkanagamangala, Ashok said.
A separate KSRTC bus terminus would also be built near the Bengaluru International Airport for the convenience of air passengers from various parts of the state.
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