Sitabuldi is a metro station in the Sitabuldi neighbourhood of Nagpur, Maharashtra. Sitabuldi serves as the interchange station allowing passengers to transfer between the Orange Line and the Aqua Line of the Nagpur Metro. It was opened to the public on 8 March 2019.[1] Aqua Line services commenced on 28 January 2020.[2] The station covers a total area of 250,000 square feet.[3]

Sitabuldi
Nagpur Metro station
General information
Location	Sitabuldi, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440012
Coordinates	21°08′29″N 79°04′59″E
Owned by	Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO)
Operated by	Nagpur Metro
Line(s)	Orange Line   Aqua Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Kasturchand Park Platform-2 → Khapri Platform-3 → Train Terminates Here Platform-4 → Lokmanya Nagar
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	8 March 2019; 3 years ago (2019-03-08)
Services
Preceding station Nagpur Metro Following station Zero Mile towards Kasturchand Park Orange Line Congress Nagar towards Khapri Terminus Aqua Line Jhansi Rani Square towards Lokmanya Nagar Future Service Zero Mile towards Automative Square Orange Line Future Service Congress Nagar towards Metro City Cotton Market towards Prajapati Nagar Aqua Line Future Service Jhansi Rani Square towards Hingna Mount View
Route map Legend Automative 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 Eco Park Metro City This diagram: view talk edit Legend Prajapati Nagar Vaishnodevi Square Ambedkar Square Telephone Exchange Chitar Oli Square Agrasen Square Dosar Vaishya Square Nagpur Railway Station Cotton Market Sitabuldi  Orange Line  Jhansi Rani Square Institute of Engineers Shankar Nagar Square LAD Square Dharampeth College Subhash Nagar Rachana Ring Road Junction Vasudev Nagar Bansi Nagar Lokmanya Nagar Hingna Mount View This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Sitabuldi metro station Location in Maharashtra Show map of Maharashtra Sitabuldi metro station Location in India Show map of India

Design

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation (now Mahametro) launched a global competition on 5 June 2015 inviting bids for the Sitaburdi and Zero Mile 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.[5]

The station was designed by a consortium of architects comprising Enia Architects, Mahendra Raj Consultants and Worxpace Consulting. The building's facade is made of locally sourced glass and stone.[6] The station is a T-shaped building. A three-storey building is located at the center of the "T" and six-storey building one of its arms facing Rani Jhansi Square. An art installation called the Crown of Nagpur was installed on top of the six-storey building. The Crown of Nagpur has a base shaped like an inverted flower with a crown over it and a transparent dome below the crown. The structure is 14 metres high, 35 metres long and 25 metres wide. The inverted flower is composed of steel and polycarbonate, and the dome is made of polycarbonate. The polycarbonate sheets are lit with blue lights. The Crown of Nagpur also includes a 2 metre long, 360° LED display intended to display advertisements. Mahametro also plans to open a restaurant on the terrace of the station which would provide visitors with a view of the Crown of Nagpur.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Mahametro began installing a 200 KW rooftop solar plant at the station in mid-2020 and completed work in December 2020. The plant will power the station's power needs for lighting fixtures, air conditioners, escalators and elevators.[7]

Station Layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards → Khapri next station is Congress Nagar
	Northbound	Towards ← Kasturchand Park next station is Zero Mile Freedom Park
	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
	Side platform No- 4, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	Towards → Lokmanya Nagar next station is Jhansi Rani Square
	Westbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Side platform No- 3, doors will open on the left

Sitabuldi track layout
Legend
to Zero Mile to Congress Nagar
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Sitabuldi track layout
Legend
to Train Terminates Here to Jhansi Rani Square
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

References