Aqua Line (Noida Metro)

Noida Metro Aqua Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Noida Metro Rail Corporation
Locale	Noida, Greater Noida
Termini	Noida Sector 51 Depot
Stations	21
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Noida Metro
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rolling stock	CRRC Corporation
Daily ridership	NA
History
Opened	25 January 2019;6 years ago (2019-01-25) [1]
Technical
Line length	29.7 kilometers (18.5 mi) [2]
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend Noida Sector 51 Blue Line Rainbow Noida Sector 76 Noida Sector 101 Noida Sector 81 NSEZ Noida Sector 83 Noida Sector 137 Noida Sector 142 Noida Sector 143 Noida Sector 144 Noida Sector 145 Noida Sector 146 Noida Sector 147 Noida Sector 148 Knowledge Park II Pari Chowk ALPHA 1 DELTA 1 GNIDA Office Depot Station

The Aqua Line is a line of Noida Metro, a rapid transit system in Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, India. It consists of 21 metro stations from Sector 51 in Noida to Depot in Greater Noida. ^[3]

The line has been operational since 25 January 2019. It was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath. ^[4]

Stations

All 21 stations on the 29.7 kilometres (18.5 mi) Aqua Line route are on elevated track. ^{[5] [6] [7]} This line has an interchange station with the Delhi Metro at Noida Sector 52 metro station. ^[8] All stations are equipped with platform screen doors.

Aqua Line
#	Station name		Phase	Opening	Interchange Connection	Station Layout	Platform Level Type	Depot Connection	Depot Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Noida Sector 51	नोएडा सेक्टर ५१	1	25 January 2019	Blue Line	Elevated	Side	None	None
2	Rainbow	नोएडा सेक्टर ५०	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
3	Noida Sector 76	नोएडा सेक्टर ७६	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
4	Noida Sector 101	नोएडा सेक्टर १०१	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
5	Noida Sector 81	नोएडा सेक्टर ८१	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
6	NSEZ	एन॰एस॰ई॰ज़ेड॰	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
7	Noida Sector 83	नोएडा सेक्टर ८३	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
8	Noida Sector 137	नोएडा सेक्टर १३७	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
9	Noida Sector 142	नोएडा सेक्टर १४२	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
10	Noida Sector 143	नोएडा सेक्टर 1४३	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
11	Noida Sector 144	नोएडा सेक्टर १४४	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
12	Noida Sector 145	नोएडा सेक्टर १४५	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
13	Noida Sector 146	नोएडा सेक्टर १५३	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
14	Noida Sector 147	नोएडा सेक्टर १४७	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
15	Noida Sector 148	नोएडा सेक्टर १४८	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
16	Knowledge Park II	नॉलेज पार्क II	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
17	Pari Chowk	परी चौक	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
18	ALPHA 1	एल्फा १	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
19	DELTA 1	डेल्टा १	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
20	GNIDA Office	ग्रेनो ऑफिस	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
21	Depot Station	डिपो स्टेशन	1	25 January 2019	None	Elevated	Side	Depot Station	At Grade

Construction

The NMRC has divided the Civil Construction work of Aqua Line (21 stations and 1 Depots) into multiple packages. The list of all construction contract is as follows:

Package	Stations	Contractor
NC-01	Noida Sector-51 to Noida Sector-137 (8 stations)	CEC and Sam India Buitwell (JV)
NC-02	Noida Sector-142 to Noida Sector-148 (7 stations)	CEC and Sam India Buitwell (JV)
NC-03	Knowledge Park II to Depot (6 stations)	CEC and Sam India Buitwell (JV)
NC-04	Greater Noida Depot (1 Depot)	Anupam Constructions
NGNC-01	Noida Sector-122 to Gr. Noida Sector-2 (5 stations)	GR Infraprojects

Note: The construction work of Package NGNC-01 will start by 2023 end.

Future extensions

• Noida Aqua Line: Sector 51 - Knowledge Park-V extension. ^[9]

See also

• List of Noida Metro stations
• Delhi Metro
• Blue Line (Delhi Metro)

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath to inaugurate Noida Metro's 'Aqua line' on Friday". Zee News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
2. "DMRC" . Retrieved 16 November 2018.
3. "Noida Aqua Metro Line to be inaugurated by CM Adityanath today; here's all you need to know". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
4. "Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath to inaugurate Noida Metro's 'Aqua line' on Friday". Zee News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
5. "STATIONS BETWEEN NOIDA-GREATER NOIDA". noidametrorail.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016.
6. Damini Nath. "Noida Metro Projects Still Off-Track". The Hindu.
7. "Metro rail link between Noida and Greater Noida to be completed by 2017". India TV News.
8. "Metro Network Phase I, II, III & NCR" (PDF). Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). February 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
9. "Greater Noida Authority approves phase 2 of Aqua Line". Moneycontrol. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• delhimetromaps.com Archived 12 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine - Descriptions of Noida Metro Aqua Line Route Map Details]
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.