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{{Short description|Nagpur Metro's Orange Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Zero Mile Freedom Park
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| type = {{Nagpur Metro Infobox station line|line=Orange}}
| style = Nagpur Metro
| image = Zero Mile Freedom Park metro station.jpg
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| address = Civil Lines, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440001
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| coordinates = {{coord|21.146703|79.080916}}
| owned = [[Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited]] (MAHA-METRO)
| operator = [[Nagpur Metro]]
| line = {{rcb|Nagpur Metro|Orange|croute}}
| distance =
| platforms = [[Side platform]] Platform-1 → [[Automotive Square metro station|Automotive Square]] Platform-2 → [[Khapri metro station|Khapri]]
| tracks = 2
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| structure = [[Elevated]], [[Double-track railway|Double track]]
| levels = 2
| parking = {{Parking symbol}} available
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| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
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| opened = {{Start date|2021|08|21|df=y}}
| electrified = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} [[Overhead line|overhead catenary]]
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Nagpur Metro|line=Orange|left=Kasturchand Park|to-left=Automotive Square|right=Sitabuldi}}
| route_map = {{Nagpur Metro North-South Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Nagpur Metro|Orange}}
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'''Zero Mile Freedom Park'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Project Profile |url=https://www.metrorailnagpur.com/projectprofile.aspx |website=Nagpur Metro |access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the [[Orange Line (Nagpur Metro)|Orange Line]] of [[Nagpur Metro]] in the city of [[Nagpur]], Maharashtra. It is named after the nearby [[Zero Mile Stone (Nagpur)|Zero Mile Stone]] which was built in 1907 to mark the [[Great Trigonometrical Survey]] of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nagpur Zero Mile, the geographical heart of India, gears up for a facelift |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/nagpur-zero-mile-the-geographical-heart-of-india-gears-up-for-a-facelift/article9072583.ece |website=Hindu Business Line |access-date=3 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The station was opened on 21 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nagpur Metro extension: Stretch between Sitabuldi, Kasturchand Park inaugurated |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/nagpur-metro-extension-stretch-between-sitabuldi-kasturchand-park-inaugurated-7463317/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=26 November 2021 |language=en |date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd |title=Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for Selection of Architect |url=https://www.competitionline.com/upload/downloads/191xx/19164_201271_notice.pdf |website=Competitionline |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Nagpur Today1">{{cite web |title=Work on Majhi Metro’s grand Zero Mile Station gains steam |url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/work-on-the-iconic-zero-mile-station-of-maha-metro-nagpur-is-going-on-in-rapid-pace/05171419 |website=Nagpur Today |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> Mahametro completed the demolition of a two-storey building of the fisheries department that was previously located on the site in January 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Decks cleared for Zero Mile metro rail station |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/decks-cleared-for-zero-mile-metro-rail-station/articleshow/62343892.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Nagpur Today1"/> Also located near the station are an amphitheatre and a survey museum that will display the results of surveys conducted during the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Zero Mile to get a 20-storey station, a heritage walk and amphitheatre - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Zero-Mile-to-be-revamped/articleshow/55820180.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>

A Potain Tower Crane was utilized to speed up construction of the station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Potain Tower Crane to Speed up Zero Mile Station Work |url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/potain-tower-crane-to-speed-up-zero-mile-station-work/04130729 |website=www.nagpurtoday.in |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>

==Station layout==
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| title = Zero Mile Freedom Park track layout
| title color = white
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Nagpur Metro|Orange}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
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*'''P1'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P2'''
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| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
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{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;border-top:solid 1px grey;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover 
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100|'''Platform 2''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500|Towards → [[Khapri metro station|Khapri]] '''Next Station:''' [[Sitabuldi metro station|Sitabuldi]] '''''Change at the next station for {{rcb|Nagpur Metro|Aqua|croute}}'''''
|-
|'''Platform 1''' '''Northbound'''
|Towards ← [[Automotive Square metro station|Automotive Square]] '''Next Station:''' [[Kasturchand Park metro station|Kasturchand Park]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" colspan=2 align=center|[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500|
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Nagpur]]
* [[Maharashtra]]
* [[List of Nagpur Metro stations]]
* [[Urban rail transit in India#Rapid transit|Rapid transit in India]]

==References==
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{{Nagpur Metro navbox}}

[[Category:Nagpur Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2021]]

Zero Mile Freedom Park metro station - Revision history

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