Airport South | |||||||||||
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| Nagpur Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Airport Colony, Somalwada, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440005 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°04′44″N 79°03′38″E / 21.079023°N 79.060487°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO) | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Nagpur Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Orange Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Automotive Square Platform-2 → Khapri | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-Grade, Double track | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 March 2019 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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Airport South is an at-grade metro station on the North-South corridor of the Orange Line of Nagpur Metro in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. This serves the Somalwada area of Nagpur. It was opened to the public on 8 March 2019.[1]
The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (now the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited) awarded the contract to construct the station to Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (ILFS) in July 2016.[2] Construction of the outer structure of the station was completed by November 2017, and interior work began in the same month.[3][4] The station was awarded a platinum rating by the Indian Green Building Council, the highest rating the Council presents for sustainable construction practices that reduce environmental impact.[5]
Mahametro began installing solar panels at the station on 4 June 2018.[6] Construction of the station was completed by January 2019.[7]
- ^ "Nagpur Metro Flagged Off by PM Modi, to Open For Public on Women's Day". News18. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Construction of 10 Metro rail stations to start in a week". Metro Rail News. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "3 Metro stations to be completed this month". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Khapri, Airport metro stations to be completed by this month". Nagpur Today. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
TOI2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Fixing of solar panels at Nagpur Metro's Airport South Station begins". thehitavada.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Metro to be ready on two stretches by Feb end: Dixit - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2019.