The Orange Line, also known as the North–south corridor, 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 . Most of the line is elevated. It is the first line of the Nagpur Metro and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 March 2019, and opened to the public the next day on International Women's Day.

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 a flyover 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 wide stretch of land between the railway boundary line and the road near proposed Container Depot.

Entire length () of this corridor is proposed as elevated except in 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 approximately varying from depending upon the site, operational and traffic requirements.

This line initially started operations with five stations opening in the stretch between Sitabuldi and Khapri on 8 March 2019.

List of stations Following is a list of stations on this route- Orange Line#Station NameOpenedChainage (in metre)Distance from previous stationConnectionsLayoutEnglishMarathi1ऑटोमोटिव्ह चौक11 December 20220.00.0NoneElevated2नारी रोड 11 December 2022975.8975.8NoneElevated3इंदोरा चौक11 December 20222139.71163.9NoneElevated4कडबी चौक11 December 20223181.21041.5NoneElevated5गड्डीगोदाम चौक11 December 20224399.01217.8NoneElevated6कस्तुरचंद पार्क21 August 20215148.6749.6NoneElevated7झिरो माइल फ्रीडम पार्क21 August 20216175.51026.9NoneElevated8सिताबर्डी8 March 20196709.2533.7Elevated9काँग्रेस नगर6 April 20217897.21188.0NoneElevated10रहाटे कॉलनी22 October 20208682.6785.4NoneElevated11अजनी चौक22 October 202010104.71422.1NoneElevated12छत्रपती चौक6 April 202111146.31041.6NoneElevated13जयप्रकाश नगर20 November 201911811.5665.2NoneElevated14उज्ज्वल नगर6 April 202112846.61035.1NoneElevated15एअरपोर्ट8 March 201913784.9938.3NoneElevated16एअरपोर्ट साउथ8 March 2019 - -NoneAt-grade17न्यू एअरपोर्ट8 March 201916184.42399.5NoneAt-grade18खापरी8 March 201918460.62276.2NoneAt-grade

See also

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

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