Zero Mile Freedom Park[1] is a metro station on the Orange (North-South) line of the 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]

Zero Mile Freedom Park
Nagpur Metro station
General information
Location	Wardha Road, Nagpur
Coordinates	21.146703°N 79.080916°E / 21.146703; 79.080916
Owned by	Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO)
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Kasturchand Park Platform-2 → Khapri
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Parking	available
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)
Services
Preceding station Nagpur Metro Following station Kasturchand Park Terminus Orange Line Sitabuldi towards Khapri
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

Design

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.[5]

The Zero Mile station is a 20-storey building with two basements. The building's facade is made of locally-sourced glass and stone.[5] It is located on a 12,000 square metre plot of land on Wardha Road.[6] Mahametro completed the demolition of a two-storey building of the fisheries department that was previously located on the site in January 2018.[7]

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.[6] Also located near the station are an amphitheatre and a survey museum that will display the results of surveys conducted during the British Raj.[8]

A Potain Tower Crane was utilized to speed up construction of the station.[9]

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 Sitabuldi Change at the next station for  Aqua Line
	Northbound	Towards ← Kasturchand Park
	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
L2

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