Aqua Line (Nagpur Metro)

The Aqua Line (East-West) of the Nagpur Metro is an under construction metro route of mass rapid transit system in Nagpur, India. It consists of 21 metro stations from Prajapati Nagar to Hingna Mount View with a total distance of 19.407 km. Full line is elevated.

Aqua Line
Overview
TypeRapid Transit
SystemNagpur Metro
Statusunder construction
LocaleNagpur
TerminiPrajapati Nagar
Hingna Mount View
Stations21
Operation
Opened28 January 2020
Operator(s)MahaMetro
CharacterElevated
Technical
Line length19.407 km
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard gauge)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead catenary

This corridor originates from Prajapati Nagar and runs westwards, through Vaishnodevi Square, Ambedkar Square, Telephone Exchange, Chittar Oli Square, Agarsen Square, Doser Vaisya Square, Nagpur Railway Station, Sitaburdi, Jhansi Rani Square, Institute of Engineers, Shankar Nagar Square, Lad Square, Dharmpeth College, Subhash Nagar, Rachna (Ring road Junction), Vasudev Nagar, Bansi Nagar to Lomanya Nagar. The entire corridor is elevated.

The total length of the corridor is 19.407 km. There are 21 stations on this corridor. All stations are elevated stations and Sitaburdi station is an Interchange Station. Average inter-station distance is 1.00 km approximately varying from 0.65 km to 1.29 km depending upon the site, operational and traffic requirements.

The DMRC in its Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted to Nagpur Improvement Trust has suggested to start the construction work on both the routes simultaneously contradicting the prior suggestion of phase wise development.[1]

List of stations
Nagpur Metro Aqua Line (East-West)
 Prajapati Nagar
 Vaishnao Devi Square
 Ambedkar Square
 Telephone Exchange
 Chitar Oli Square
 Agrasen Square
 Dosar Vaishya Square
 Nagpur Railway Station
Cotton Market
 Sitabuldi
 Jhansi Rani Square
 Institute of Engineers
 Shankar Nagar Square
 LAD Square
 Ambazari Lake
 Subhash Nagar
 Rachana Ring Road Junction
 Vasudev Nagar
 Bansi Nagar
 Lokmanya Nagar
 Hingna Mount View

Following is a list of stations on this route-

Aqua Line
Stn. No. Station Name Chainage (in metre) Distance from previous station Connections Opened Alignment
English Marathi
1 Prajapati Nagar प्रजापती नगर 0.0 0.0 None December 2020 Elevated
2 Vaishnodevi Square वैष्णोदेवी चौक 1229.3 1229.3 None December 2020 Elevated
3 Ambedkar Square आंबेडकर चौक 1947.9 718.6 None December 2020 Elevated
4 Telephone Exchange टेलिफोन एक्सचेंज 3137.4 1189.5 None December 2020 Elevated
5 Chitar Oli Square चितारओळी चौक 3950.2 812.8 None December 2020 Elevated
6 Agrasen Square अग्रसेन चौक 4759.8 809.6 None December 2020 Elevated
7 Dosar Vaishya Square दोसर वैश्य चौक 5590.4 830.6 None December 2020 Elevated
8 Nagpur Railway Station नागपूर रेल्वे स्थानक 6464.4 874.0 None December 2020 Elevated
9 Cotton Market कॉटन मार्केट None December 2020 Elevated
10 Sitabuldi (Interchange Station) सीताबर्डी 7707.7 1243.3      Orange Line 28 January 2020 Elevated
11 Jhasi Rani Square झाशी राणी चौक 8354.0 646.3 None 28 January 2020 Elevated
12 Institute of Engineers इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ इंजिनीअर्स 9117.2 763.2 None 28 January 2020 Elevated
13 Shankar Nagar Square शंकर नगर चौक 10074.9 957.7 None April 2020 Elevated
14 LAD College एल ए डी कॉलेज 10873.1 798.2 None April 2020 Elevated
15 Ambazari Lake अंबाझरी तलाव 12020.7 1147.6 None April 2020 Elevated
16 Subhash Nagar सुभाष नगर 12947.1 926.4 None 28 January 2020 Elevated
17 Rachana Ring Road Junction रचना रिंग रोड जंक्शन 14201.1 1254.0 None April 2020 Elevated
18 Vasudev Nagar वासुदेव नगर 15173.9 972.8 None 28 January 2020 Elevated
19 Bansi Nagar बंसी नगर 16131.6 957.7 None April 2020 Elevated
20 Lokmanya Nagar लोकमान्य नगर 17792.6 1661.0 None 28 January 2020 Elevated
21 Hingna Mount View हिंगणा माउंट व्ह्यू – – None December 2020 Elevated
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See also

Other Metro systems in India

References
  1. "Work on two routes to start together". The Times of India. 19 February 2013.
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