BENGALURU: J P Nagar is set to become the first Metro station out of 31 stations of Metro's Phase 3 to be completed. This follows a decision taken by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to construct this interchange station for Phase-2 and Phase-3 at one go in order to avoid complications in future.  

A senior Metro official told The New Indian Express, “Almost 60% of the J P Nagar IV-Phase station of the Kalena Agrahara-Nagawara Line (Reach-6) has been completed now. We have decided to make a few modifications and make the same contractor GR Infra Limited to build this station that figures in the JP Nagar IV Phase to Kempapura Line of Phase-3.” The Detailed Project Report for Phase-3 submitted to the State government awaits its approval.

He said that this step was finalised after learning from the experience of building both K R Puram and R V Road Metro stations in Phase-2. “At both these stations, we will be building a bridge that would connect the stations figuring on different Metro lines. Both the Outer Ring Road Line and the R V Road-Bommasandra Line were additional lines to Phase-II. Since they were not part of the original plan, the stations on the new line will be built in the vicinity of the older ones,” the official said.