Orange Line
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleNagpur
Termini
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemNagpur Metro
Operator(s)MahaMetro
Rolling stockCRRC Dalian
History
Opened8 March 2019
Inaugurated7 March 2019
Technical
Line length19.658 km
CharacterAt-Grade & Elevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Standard gauge)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead catenary
Route map

 Automotive Square
 Nari Road
 Indora Square
 Kadvi Square
 Gaddi Godam Square
 Kasturchand Park
 Zero Mile
 Sitabuldi
Subway interchange Aqua Line
 Congress Nagar
Ajni railway station
 Rahate Colony
 Ajni Square
 Chhatrapati Square
 Jaiprakash Nagar
 Ujjwal Nagar
 Airport
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
 Airport South
 New Airport
Mainline rail interchange Khapri Depot
 Khapri
Khapri railway station

The Orange Line, also known as the North–south corridor, of the Nagpur Metro is a metro route of mass rapid transit system in Nagpur, India. It consists of 20 metro stations from Automotive Square to Metro City with a total distance of 22.293 km. Most of the line is elevated. It is the first line of the Nagpur Metro and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 March 2019, and opened to the public the next day on International Women's Day.[1]

This corridor originates from Automotive Square on Kamptee Road; moves along Kamptee Road and reaches the intersection point of Amravati Road and Wardha Road, then after crossing a flyover moves towards Munje Square, moves towards Dhantoli and along nala moves towards Empire/Dr Munje Marg, leads towards Congress Nagar T-Point, then on Rahate Colony Road and then falls on Wardha Road, leads towards NEERI, then moves along Wardha Road and then west of Railway Track in MIHAN area. And passes through 14m wide stretch of land between the railway boundary line and the road near proposed Container Depot.

Entire length (22.2938 km.) of this corridor is proposed as elevated except in 4.6 km at grade after Airport Station and in MIHAN area near Khapri Railway Station. There are 20 stations on this corridor of which 15 stations are elevated and 5 stations are at Grade. Sitaburdi Station is an inter-change station. Average inter-station distance is 1.20 km approximately varying from 0.54 km to 2.4 km depending upon the site, operational and traffic requirements.

This line initially started operations with five stations opening in the stretch between Sitabuldi and Khapri on 8 March 2019.[2][3][4]

List of stations

Following is a list of stations on this route-

Orange Line
# Station Name Opened Chainage (in metre) Distance from previous station Connections Layout
English Marathi
1 Automotive Square ऑटोमोटिव्ह चौक 11 December 2022[5] 0.0 0.0 None Elevated
2 Nari Road नरी रोड 11 December 2022[5] 975.8 975.8 None Elevated
3 Indora Square इंदोरा चौक 11 December 2022[5] 2139.7 1163.9 None Elevated
4 Kadvi Square कडवी चौक 11 December 2022[5] 3181.2 1041.5 None Elevated
5 Gaddi Godam Square गड्डीगोदाम चौक 11 December 2022[5] 4399.0 1217.8 None Elevated
6 Kasturchand Park कस्तुरचंद पार्क 21 August 2021[6] 5148.6 749.6 None Elevated
7 Zero Mile झीरो माईल 21 August 2021[6] 6175.5 1026.9 None Elevated
8 Sitabuldi सीताबर्डी 8 March 2019[1][7] 6709.2 533.7 Aqua Line Elevated
9 Congress Nagar काँग्रेस नगर 6 April 2021[8] 7897.2 1188.0 None Elevated
10 Rahate Colony राहाटे कॉलनी 22 October 2020[9][10] 8682.6 785.4 None Elevated
11 Ajni Square अजनी चौक 22 October 2020[10] 10104.7 1422.1 None Elevated
12 Chhatrapati Square छत्रपती चौक 6 April 2021[8] 11146.3 1041.6 None Elevated
13 Jaiprakash Nagar जयप्रकाश नगर 20 November 2019[11] 11811.5 665.2 None Elevated
14 Ujjwal Nagar उज्जवल नगर 6 April 2021[8] 12846.6 1035.1 None Elevated
15 Airport विमानतळ 8 March 2019[1][7] 13784.9 938.3 None Elevated
16 Airport South दक्षिण विमानतळ 8 March 2019[1][7] - - None At-Grade
17 New Airport नवीन विमानतळ 8 March 2019[1][7] 16184.4 2399.5 None At-Grade
18 Khapri खापरी 8 March 2019[1][7] 18460.6 2276.2 None At-Grade

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nagpur Metro Flagged Off by PM Modi, to Open For Public on Women's Day". News18. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nagpur Metro Flagged Off by PM Narendra Modi, To Be Open For Public From March 8". Latestly. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Nagpur Metro giving infra projects a good name". 5 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Nagpur Metro Launch Today, To Be Open For Public From March 8: Routes, Stations And All You Need To Know | 📝 LatestLY". LatestLY. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "PM Modi Inaugurates Nagpur Metro, Flags Off 6th Vande Bharat Train". NDTV. ANI. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Nagpur Metro extension: Stretch between Sitabuldi, Kasturchand Park inaugurated". The Indian Express. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Roy, Ashish (9 May 2019). "Two months pass but no new Metro station opens". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 Behl, Manka (6 April 2021). "4 new Metro stations operational from today". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Pandya, Naomi (10 October 2020). "CMRS gives safety node to launch metro services on four new stations in Nagpur". Urban Transport News. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Nagpur Metro's Double Decker Viaduct Inaugurated". The Metro Rail Guy. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Metro's Jaiprakash Nagar Station commissioned". www.thehitavada.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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