Richmond Road, Bangalore

Overview

Richmond Road is a residential neighborhood located in the central part of the Bangalore. It is in close proximity to Museum Road, Brigade Road, Residency Road, Commissariat Road, Lavelle Road, Lower Agaram Road, Langford Town and Old Race Course Road are all parallel to each other. The Central Business District and MG Road are also located close by. The famous Hockey Stadium KSHA and first Methodist Church of Bangalore Richmond Town Methodist Church are also located here. One of the old and historic market “Russell Market” is also located here.

Connectivity  

Richmond Road is surrounded by the Magrath Road, Lower Agaram Road, Old Race Course Road and Mother Teresa Road. There are two main road passing through the locality M G Road and Hosur Road which has direct access to East and South parts of Bangalore.

This locality is served by BMTC Buses with the nearest bus stops being Richmond Circle, Richmond Road Tower, Pallavi Talkies, Mallya Hospital, Subbaiah Circle and Mission Road Bus Stop.

This locality also enjoys excellent connectivity to eastern and central parts of city via Phase-1 Namma Metro which is lies at a distance of 1.2 km. Major stations are Kempegowda Metro Station, Sir M. Visveshwarya Station, Cubbon Park, Vidhan Soudha, MG Road, Trinity, Halasuru, Indiranagar, Swami Vivekanand,

Factors for future growth

Phase-3 alignment of Namma Metro Rail with one of its route Marathahalli - Hosakerehalli (21 km), will pass through the locality can create growth of residential demand and development in coming years.

Proximity to Kempegowda International Airport along with the major educational institutions and commercial space have a plus point for Richmond Road driving rental demand and providing consistent rental yield.

Infrastructural Development (Social & Physical)

Richmond Road has many renowned educational centers. Some of them are The Cathedral High School, Baldwin Boys’ High School, Bishop Cotton Girl’s School and St. Joseph’s Boys High School among fews.

Some of the renowned hospitals providing health care facilities to the residents of Richmond Road are Corporation Hospital, Fortis La Femme, Sita Bhateja Speciality Hospital and Mallya Hospital.

Some of the major malls in the locality are Garuda Mall, Eva Mall, Embassy Galaxy Mall, 5th Avenue Mall and UB City which serves the daily needs of the people living nearby.

Major issues

As this locality has many shopping centres and retail outlets of international brands, restaurants, pubs and other happening places. So, locality gets crowded whole day which creates problems for the pedestrian and vehicles in the daytime too. In the evening, traffic congestion is the major issue. Sometimes, people have to wait for hours in the traffic.