Zero Mile metro station

Design

Station layout

Entry/Exit

References

Nagpur Metro's Orange Line metro station

Preceding station	Nagpur Metro			Following station
Kasturchand Park towards Automotive Square		Orange Line		Sitabuldi towards Khapri

Route map

Legend

					Automotive Square
					Nari Road
					Indora Square
					Kadvi Square
					Gaddi Godam Square
					Kasturchand Park
					Zero Mile
					Sitabuldi	Aqua Line
					Congress Nagar
					Rahate Colony
					Ajni Square
					Chhatrapati Square
					Jaiprakash Nagar
					Ujjwal Nagar
					Airport
					Airport South
					New Airport
					Khapri Depot
					Khapri

Location

Zero Mile Freedom Park^[1] is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Orange Line of Nagpur Metro in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. It is named after the nearby Zero Mile Stone which was built in 1907 to mark the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.^[2] The station was opened on 21 August 2021.^[3]

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation (now Mahametro) launched a global competition on 5 June 2015 inviting bids for the Zero Mile and Sitaburdi metro stations.^[4] Twenty-three architecture firms submitted designs in response. The metro authority shortlisted 13 firms for the detailed design stage, and eventually requested four firms to submit designs. A panel of architects appointed by the authority to pick the winning design, and the preliminary design of the winning entry was unveiled by the metro authority in May 2016.

The Zero Mile station is a 20-storey building with two basements. The building's facade is made of locally-sourced glass and stone. It is located on a 12,000 square metre plot of land on Wardha Road.^[5] Mahametro completed the demolition of a two-storey building of the fisheries department that was previously located on the site in January 2018.^[6]

The station is equipped with 8 escalators, 10 lifts, and also features multi-level parking with a capacity to accommodate 244 cars. Apart from the metro station and related facilities, the station building also contains hotels, restaurants, commercial places, offices, and a banquet hall. Zero Mile station also provides connectivity with the heritage walk around the Zero Mile Stone and Shaheed Smarak monuments.^[5] Also located near the station are an amphitheatre and a survey museum that will display the results of surveys conducted during the British Raj.^[7]

A Potain Tower Crane was utilized to speed up construction of the station.^[8]

Zero Mile Freedom Park track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Khapri next station is Sitabuldi Change at the next station for Aqua Line
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Automotive Square next station is Kasturchand Park
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

to Kasturchand Park

to Sitabuldi Aqua Line

^ "Project Profile". Nagpur Metro. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Nagpur Zero Mile, the geographical heart of India, gears up for a facelift". Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ "Nagpur Metro extension: Stretch between Sitabuldi, Kasturchand Park inaugurated". The Indian Express. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. "Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for Selection of Architect" (PDF). Competitionline. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Work on Majhi Metro's grand Zero Mile Station gains steam". Nagpur Today. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ "Decks cleared for Zero Mile metro rail station". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ "Zero Mile to get a 20-storey station, a heritage walk and amphitheatre - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ "Potain Tower Crane to Speed up Zero Mile Station Work". www.nagpurtoday.in. Retrieved 3 June 2018.