Garudacharpalya metro station

Garudacharpalya is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. Around this station holds the Brigade Metropolis followed by some locations like Godrej United, Decathlon Whitefield, Airbus Group India Pvt. Ltd., IDP Education Pvt. Ltd. and many more.^[1][2][3]

LocationWhitefield Main Road, Hoodi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560066

Coordinates12.99356°N 77.70376°E / 12.99356; 77.70376

System

Namma Metro station

OwnerBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)

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Garudacharpalya
Garudacharpalya metro station
General information
Location	Whitefield Main Road, Hoodi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560066
Coordinates	12.99356°N 77.70376°E / 12.99356; 77.70376
System	Namma Metro station
Owner	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operator	Namma Metro
Line	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Whitefield (Kadugodi) Platform-2 → Challaghatta
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Two Wheelers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	ITD - ITD Cementation India JV
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	GDCP
History
Opened	26 March 2023; 3 years ago (2023-03-26)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Hoodi towards Whitefield (Kadugodi) Purple Line Singayyanapalya towards Challaghatta
Route map Legend Whitefield (Kadugodi) Kadugodi Kadugodi Depot Hopefarm Channasandra Kadugodi Tree Park Pattandur Agrahara Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Nallurhalli Whitefield TTMC Kundalahalli Seetharamapalya Hoodi Garudacharapalya Singayyanapalya Indian Railways towards Whitefield Blue Line towards Central Silk Board Krishnarajapura (KR Pura) Blue Line Under construction Benniganahalli Tin Factory Indian Railways towards Yelahanka Jn Blue Line towards KIAL Terminals Indian Railways Towards Hosur and Banaswadi or Baiyyappanahalli Baiyappanahalli Swami Vivekananda Road Indiranagar Halasuru Trinity Mahatma Gandhi Road Pink Line Under construction Cubbon Park Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stn., Vidhana Soudha Sir M. Visveswaraya Stn., Central College Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Green Line Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station Magadi Road Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji Stn., Hosahalli Orange Line Proposed Vijayanagar Attiguppe Vijayanagara TTMC Indian Railways Towards Kengeri and KSR Bengaluru Deepanjali Nagar Mysuru Road Orange Line Proposed Pantharapalya–Nayandahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Jnanabharathi Jnanabharathi Railway Station Pattanagere Kengeri Bus Terminal Kengeri TTMC Kengeri Challaghatta Depot (U/C) Challaghatta
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The Whitefield - Krishnarajapura trial runs were successfully conducted from 25 October 2022, for a month.^[4] This metro station was inaugurated on March 25, 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was opened to the public on March 26, 2023.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Garudacharpalya is the receiving terminus for the short-loop train system that runs between it and Mysuru Road in the mornings (approximately between 7:45 am and 9:00 am). During peak travel hours in the morning and evening (approximately 7 am to 11 am and 4 pm to 8 pm), it functions as a terminus for trains with a frequency of about 5 minutes. This is done to ease congestion in the stretches of the Purple Line that most commuters travel between.^[10]

The stretch between Garudacharpalya and Hoodi is one of the longer gaps in the Purple Line, with an approximate distance of 1.6 km. For context, the Purple Line has 37 stations and an end-to-end distance of 43.5 km, implying an average gap of 1.2 km between stations.