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

 Prajapati Nagar
 Vaishnodevi 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 College Square
 Ambazari Lake
 Subhash Nagar
 Rachana Ring Road Junction
 Vasudev Nagar
 Bansi Nagar
 Lokmanya Nagar
 Hingna Mount View

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

Following is a list of stations on this route-

Aqua Line
Stn. No. Station Name Opened Chainage (in metre) Distance from previous station Connections Layout
English Marathi
1 Prajapati Nagar प्रजापती नगर Under Construction 0.0 0.0 None Elevated
2 Vaishnodevi Square वैष्णोदेवी चौक Under Construction 1229.3 1229.3 None Elevated
3 Ambedkar Square आंबेडकर चौक Under Construction 1947.9 718.6 None Elevated
4 Telephone Exchange टेलिफोन एक्सचेंज Under Construction 3137.4 1189.5 None Elevated
5 Chitar Oli Square चितारओळी चौक Under Construction 3950.2 812.8 None Elevated
6 Agrasen Square अग्रसेन चौक Under Construction 4759.8 809.6 None Elevated
7 Dosar Vaishya Square दोसर वैश्य चौक Under Construction 5590.4 830.6 None Elevated
8 Nagpur Railway Station नागपूर रेल्वे स्थानक Under Construction 6464.4 874.0 None Elevated
9 Cotton Market कॉटन मार्केट Under Construction None Elevated
10 Sitabuldi (Interchange Station) सीताबर्डी January 28, 2020 7707.7 1243.3  Orange Line  Elevated
11 Jhansi Rani Square झाशी राणी चौक January 28, 2020 8354.0 646.3 None Elevated
12 Institute of Engineers इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ इंजिनीअर्स January 28, 2020 9117.2 763.2 None Elevated
13 Shankar Nagar Square शंकर नगर चौक 10 December 2020 10074.9 957.7 None Elevated
14 LAD College Square एल ए डी कॉलेज चौक 25 September 2020 10873.1 798.2 None Elevated
15 Ambazari Lake अंबाझरी तलाव Under Construction 12020.7 1147.6 None Elevated
16 Subhash Nagar सुभाष नगर January 28, 2020 12947.1 926.4 None Elevated
17 Rachana Ring Road Junction रचना रिंग रोड जंक्शन 10 December 2020 14201.1 1254.0 None Elevated
18 Vasudev Nagar वासुदेव नगर January 28, 2020 15173.9 972.8 None Elevated
19 Bansi Nagar बंसी नगर 25 September 2020 16131.6 957.7 None Elevated
20 Lokmanya Nagar लोकमान्य नगर January 28, 2020 17792.6 1661.0 None Elevated
21 Hingna Mount View हिंगणा माउंट व्ह्यू Under Construction – – None Elevated

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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