Tavarekere (formerly known as Swagath Cross), is an upcoming elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Pink Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. Around this metro station holds the main Tavarekere Park followed by some prime locations like Byransandra Lake Park, Sagar Hospitals (Jayanagar) and the famous Dairy Circle Flyover which leads towards Nexus Mall (Koramangala) in the east and towards Lal Bagh in the west.
As per the latest updates, this metro station, under the first phase, covering a total distance of 7.5 km elevated stretch (Kalena Agrahara - Tavarekere), is expected to be operational around May 2026 instead of December 2025. However, deadline has further been pushed to Mid-October 2026 .
History In March 2017, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) sought bids for building the Tavarekere metro station on the 7.5 km Kalena Agrahara - South Ramp section of the 21.25 km Pink Line of Namma Metro. This section comprises 5 stations, excluding Jayadeva Hospital, which was part of a joint venture between HCC - URC Constructions. Initially, Simplex Infrastructures won the tender in September 2017 but due to slow progress, their contract was terminated. In July 2021, GR Infraprojects became the lowest bidder and was awarded the Rs 364.87 Crore contract for this section. They commenced the construction of this metro station as per the agreement.
Station layout
GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossoverL2Side platform | Doors will open on the left Platform 2SouthboundTowards → Next Station: Change at the next station for Platform 1Northbound Towards ← Train Terminates Here **Next Station: Side platform | Doors will open on the left L2Note:** To be further extended to in the future
Entry/Exit
See also Bengaluru List of Namma Metro stations Transport in Karnataka List of metro systems List of rapid transit systems in India Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation
References
External links Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site) UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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