Silk Institute metro station

Other namesVISL Layout, Anjanapura, Anjanapura Township

LocationKanakapura Rd, VISL Layout, Talaghattapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560062

Coordinates12°51′43″N 77°31′48″E / 12.861858203224118°N 77.53000671267947°E / 12.861858203224118; 77.53000671267947

System

Namma Metro station

Silk Institute
The station in 2025
General information
Other names	VISL Layout, Anjanapura, Anjanapura Township
Location	Kanakapura Rd, VISL Layout, Talaghattapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560062
Coordinates	12°51′43″N 77°31′48″E / 12.861858203224118°N 77.53000671267947°E / 12.861858203224118; 77.53000671267947
System	Namma Metro station
Owned by	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)
Operated by	Namma Metro
Line	Green Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Madavara Platform-2 → Train terminates here
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC)
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	APTS
History
Opened	21 January 2021; 5 years ago (2021-01-21)[1]
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Namma Metro Following station Thalaghattapura towards Madavara Green Line Terminus
Route map Legend Madavara Chikkabidarakallu Manjunath Nagar Nagasandra Dasarahalli Jalahalli Basaveshwara Peenya Depot Peenya Industry Peenya Orange Line Approved Goraguntepalya Yeshwanthpur Sandal Soap Factory Yeshwanthpura TTMC Mahalakshmi Rajajinagar Mahakavi Kuvempu Road Srirampura Indian Railways Towards Yesvantpur Jn and KSR Bengaluru Mantri Square Sampige Road Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Purple Line Chickpet Krishna Rajendra Market National College Lalbagh South End Circle Jayanagar Jayanagara TTMC Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Yellow Line Yellow Line towards Delta Electronics Bommasandra Banashankari Banashankari TTMC Jaya Prakash Nagar Orange Line Approved Yelachenahalli Konanakunte Cross Doddakallasandra Vajarahalli Thalaghattapura Silk Institute Anjanapura Depot (U/C)
Location

Silk Institute (formerly called Anjanapura or Anjanapura Township) is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India.^[1][2] This station was opened on 21 January 2021 to the public. This station is named after Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute,^[3] located at Kanakapura road. The station was inaugurated along with five other stations, as a part of the Green Line extension.^[4][5]