Purple Line Metro Bangalore: Complete Station Guide
The Purple Line is Namma Metro's original east-west corridor and its longest, running all the way from Whitefield in the east to Challaghatta in the west. If you are commuting along this route or evaluating a property's metro connectivity, here is the complete list of all 37 stations along with the details that matter.
Purple Line at a Glance
- Route: Whitefield (Kadugodi) to Challaghatta
- Length: approximately 43.5 km
- Total stations: 37
- Journey time end to end: around 80 to 90 minutes
- Fare: ₹10 to ₹90, distance based, with a discount on Smart Card payments
- Operating hours: around 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM on weekdays and Saturdays, from 7:00 AM on Sundays
- Interchange: Majestic (Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station), connecting to the Green Line
Full List of Purple Line Stations
- Whitefield (Kadugodi), eastern terminus
- Hopefarm Channasandra
- Kadugodi Tree Park
- Pattandur Agrahara
- Sri Sathya Sai Hospital
- Nallurhalli
- Kundalahalli
- Seetharampalya
- Hoodi
- Garudacharpalya
- Singayyanapalya
- K.R. Pura
- Benniganahalli
- Baiyappanahalli
- Swami Vivekananda Road
- Indiranagar
- Halasuru
- Trinity
- MG Road
- Cubbon Park
- Vidhana Soudha
- Central College
- Majestic (Nadaprabhu Kempegowda), interchange with the Green Line
- City Railway Station (KSR Bengaluru)
- Magadi Road
- Hosahalli
- Vijayanagara
- Attiguppe
- Deepanjali Nagar
- Mysuru Road
- Nayandahalli
- RR Nagar (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)
- Jnanabharathi
- Pattanagere
- Kengeri Bus Terminal
- Kengeri
- Challaghatta, western terminus
Key Stations to Know
- Whitefield and K.R. Pura: serve Bengaluru's eastern IT corridor, including ITPL and the tech parks along Outer Ring Road
- Indiranagar: one of the city's most popular residential and dining neighbourhoods
- MG Road, Cubbon Park and Vidhana Soudha: the underground stretch through the central business district
- Majestic: the city's main interchange, connecting to the Green Line and close to KSR Bengaluru City Railway Station
- Mysuru Road and Kengeri: serve the western residential and industrial belt
Interchange at Majestic
Majestic, officially Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, is the only interchange on the Purple Line. Purple Line trains use platforms 1 and 2, while Green Line trains use platforms 3 and 4. Allow about five minutes to walk between platforms when switching lines.
Property Angle
The Purple Line has been operational the longest of Namma Metro's lines, which means its price impact is the most established and easiest to study of any corridor in the city. A few patterns stand out.
East: Whitefield to Baiyappanahalli This stretch has seen some of the sharpest appreciation on the entire line. Whitefield's transformation from a distant IT suburb into a fully integrated tech hub is closely tied to metro access, and several market trackers place its post metro price gains in the range of 25 to 30 percent. Hoodi and the surrounding Mahadevapura belt have also picked up steady demand from IT professionals working in nearby tech parks, largely because the metro turned a long commute into a predictable 30 to 40 minute ride.
Central: Indiranagar to Majestic This is the most expensive and most mature stretch of the corridor. Indiranagar and MG Road already commanded premium rates before the metro, and station access has only reinforced that. Majestic's role as the city's main interchange, connecting Purple and Green Line traffic, keeps rental demand and commercial interest consistently high around it.
West: Vijayanagara to Challaghatta This is where the corridor's future upside is concentrated. Areas like Kengeri, RR Nagar and Banashankari were long considered peripheral, but full corridor completion combined with the upcoming Peripheral Ring Road has pushed price appreciation in this belt to roughly 15 to 21 percent over the past year, according to recent market reports. Base prices here remain well below the eastern and central stretches, which is what makes this segment attractive for buyers looking for entry points rather than already-priced-in premiums.
General Pattern Across the Line
- Properties within 500 to 800 metres of a Purple Line station typically command a premium of 10 to 20 percent over comparable properties further away
- Rental demand near stations has held up better than in non-metro-connected pockets, since tenants increasingly prioritise commute predictability over marginal rent savings
- The corridor functions less like a single real estate market and more like 37 individual micro-markets, each shaped by its own mix of employment access, social infrastructure and remaining development runway
- Buyers should treat proximity to a station as one input among several, since a plot right next to an elevated viaduct can also carry noise and congestion trade-offs that affect livability
For live timings and the official route map, check the BMRCL website.
