Orange Line (Nagpur Metro)
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Orange Line | |
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Overview | |
Status | Operational |
Locale | Nagpur |
Termini | |
Stations | 6 (operational) 14 (under construction) |
Service | |
Type | Rapid Transit |
System | Nagpur Metro |
Operator(s) | MahaMetro |
Rolling stock | CRRC Dalian |
History | |
Opened | 7 March 2019 |
Technical | |
Line length | 13.5 km (operational) 22.293 km (total length planned) |
Character | At-Grade & Elevated |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Standard gauge) |
Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead catenary |
The Orange Line (North-South) 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.
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 fly over 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 has started operations partially between Sitabuldi to Khapri since 7 March 2019.[1][2][3]
List of stations
Following is a list of stations on this route-
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# | Station Name | Chainage (in metre) | Distance from previous station | Connections | Opened | Alignment | |
English | Marathi | ||||||
1 | Automative Square | ऑटोमोटिव्ह चौक | 0.0 | 0.0 | None | Elevated | |
2 | Nari Road | नरी रोड | 975.8 | 975.8 | None | Elevated | |
3 | Indora Square | इंदोरा चौक | 2139.7 | 1163.9 | None | Elevated | |
4 | Kadvi Square | कडवी चौक | 3181.2 | 1041.5 | None | Elevated | |
5 | Gaddigodam Square | गड्डीगोदाम चौक | 4399.0 | 1217.8 | None | Elevated | |
6 | Kasturchand Park | कस्तुरचंद पार्क | 5148.6 | 749.6 | None | Elevated | |
7 | Zero Mile | झीरो माईल | 6175.5 | 1026.9 | None | Elevated | |
8 | Sitabuldi (Interchange station) | सीताबर्डी | 6709.2 | 533.7 | Aqua Line | 7 March 2019 | Elevated |
9 | Congress Nagar | काँग्रेस नगर | 7897.2 | 1188.0 | None | Elevated | |
10 | Rahate Colony | राहाटे कॉलनी | 8682.6 | 785.4 | None | Elevated | |
11 | Ajni Square | अजनी चौक | 10104.7 | 1422.1 | None | Elevated | |
12 | Chhatrapati Square | छत्रपती चौक | 11146.3 | 1041.6 | None | Elevated | |
13 | Jaiprakash Nagar | जयप्रकाश नगर | 11811.5 | 665.2 | None | 20 November 2019 | Elevated |
14 | Ujjwal Nagar | उज्जवल नगर | 12846.6 | 1035.1 | None | Elevated | |
15 | Airport | विमानतळ | 13784.9 | 938.3 | None | 7 March 2019 | Elevated |
16 | Airport South | दक्षिण विमानतळ | - | - | None | 7 March 2019 | At-Grade |
17 | New Airport | नवीन विमानतळ | 16184.4 | 2399.5 | None | 7 March 2019 | At-Grade |
18 | Khapri | खापरी | 18460.6 | 2276.2 | None | 7 March 2019 | At-Grade |
19 | Eco Park | इको पार्क | - | - | None | At-Grade | |
20 | Metro City | मेट्रो सिटी | - | - | None | At-Grade |
See also
- Nagpur Metro
- List of Nagpur Metro stations
- Blue Line (Nagpur Metro)
- Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited
References
- ^ "Nagpur Metro Flagged Off by PM Narendra Modi, To Be Open For Public From March 8". Latestly. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Nagpur Metro giving infra projects a good name". 5 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "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.