Aqua Line (Nagpur Metro)

Aqua Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Nagpur
Termini	Prajapati Nagar Hingna Mount View
Stations	20
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Nagpur Metro
Operator(s)	MahaMetro
History
Opened	28 January 2020
Technical
Line length	18.557 km
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 Prajapati Nagar Vaishnodevi Square Ambedkar Square Telephone Exchange Chitar Oli Chowk Agrasen Square Dosar Vaishya Square Nagpur Railway Station Cotton Market Sitabuldi Orange Line Jhansi Rani Square Institution of Engineers Shankar Nagar Square LAD Square Dharampeth College Subhash Nagar Rachana Ring Road Junction Vasudev Nagar Bansi Nagar Hingna Mount View Depot Lokmanya Nagar

The Aqua Line, also known as the East-West corridor, of the Nagpur Metro is a metro route of the mass rapid transit system in Nagpur, India. It was opened on 28 January 2020. ^[1]

The total length of the corridor is 18.557 km (11.531 mi) ^[2] . with 21 stations from Prajapati Nagar to Hingna Mount View with a total distance of 18.557 km (11.531 mi) ^[3] . All stations are elevated stations and Sitaburdi station is an Interchange Station. Average inter-station distance is 1.00 km (0.621 mi) approximately varying from 0.65 to 1.29 km (0.404 to 0.802 mi) depending upon the site, operational and traffic requirements. The entire corridor is elevated.

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. ^[4]

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	11 December 2022 [5]	0.0	0.0	None	Elevated
2	Vaishnodevi Square	वैष्णोदेवी चौक	11 December 2022 [5]	1229.3	1229.3	None	Elevated
3	Ambedkar Square	आंबेडकर चौक	11 December 2022 [5]	1947.9	718.6	None	Elevated
4	Telephone Exchange	टेलिफोन एक्स्चेंज	11 December 2022 [5]	3137.4	1189.5	None	Elevated
5	Chitar Oli Chowk	चितारओळी चौक	11 December 2022 [5]	3950.2	812.8	None	Elevated
6	Agrasen Square	अग्रसेन चौक	11 December 2022 [5]	4759.8	809.6	None	Elevated
7	Dosar Vaishya Square	दोसर वैश्य चौक	11 December 2022 [5]	5590.4	830.6	None	Elevated
8	Nagpur Railway Station	नागपूर रेल्वे स्थानक	11 December 2022 [5]	6464.4	874.0	None	Elevated
9	Cotton Market	कॉटन मार्केट	21 September 2023			None	Elevated
10	Sitabuldi	सिताबर्डी	28 January 2020 [6]	7707.7	1243.3	Orange Line	Elevated
11	Jhansi Rani Square	झाशी राणी चौक	28 January 2020 [6]	8354.0	646.3	None	Elevated
12	Institution of Engineers	इन्स्टिट्युशन ऑफ इंजिनिअर्स	28 January 2020 [6]	9117.2	763.2	None	Elevated
13	Shankar Nagar Square	शंकर नगर चौक	9 December 2020 [7] [8]	10074.9	957.7	None	Elevated
14	LAD Square	एलएडी चौक	22 October 2020 [9] [10]	10873.1	798.2	None	Elevated
15	Dharampeth College	धरमपेठ महाविद्यालय	6 April 2021 [11]	12020.7	1147.6	None	Elevated
16	Subhash Nagar	सुभाष नगर	28 January 2020 [6]	12947.1	926.4	None	Elevated
17	Rachana Ring Road Junction	रचना रिंग रोड जंक्शन	9 December 2020 [7] [8]	14201.1	1254.0	None	Elevated
18	Vasudev Nagar	वासुदेव नगर	28 January 2020 [6]	15173.9	972.8	None	Elevated
19	Bansi Nagar	बंसी नगर	23 September 2020	16131.6	957.7	None	Elevated
20	Lokmanya Nagar	लोकमान्य नगर	28 January 2020 [6]	17792.6	1661.0	None	Elevated

See also

• List of Nagpur Metro stations
• Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited
• Nagpur Metro
• Orange Line (Nagpur Metro)

Other Metro systems in India

• List of Ahmedabad Metro stations
• List of Chennai Metro stations
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• List of Gurugram Metro stations
• List of Hyderabad Metro stations
• List of Jaipur Metro stations
• List of Kochi Metro stations
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• List of Lucknow Metro stations
• List of Mumbai Metro stations
• List of Namma Metro stations
• List of Noida Metro stations

References

1. "Nagpur Metro's Aqua Line inaugurated today. Check new routes, timings". mint. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
2. "NMRCL - Milestone". www.metrorailnagpur.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
3. "NMRCL - Milestone". www.metrorailnagpur.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
4. "Work on two routes to start together". The Times of India . 19 February 2013.
5. "PM Modi Inaugurates Nagpur Metro, Flags Off 6th Vande Bharat Train". NDTV. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
6. "[Pics] Nagpur Metro Aqua Line's 1st Section Inaugurated". The Metro Rail Guy. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
7. "Shankar Nagar, Rachna Ring Road Junction Metro station to be functional from tomorrow". The Live Nagpur. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
8. "Shankar Nagar & Rachana Ring Road Junction Stations open for Public at Nagpur" (PDF). Pune Metro. Mahametro. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
9. "CMRS gives safety node to launch metro services on four new stations in Nagpur". Urban Transport News. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
10. "Nagpur Metro's Double Decker Viaduct Inaugurated". The Metro Rail Guy. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
11. "4 new Metro stations operational from today". The Times of India. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.