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Locale | Pune Metropolitan Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stations | 16 (Operational) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | Rapid Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
System | Pune Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator(s) | MahaMetro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rolling stock | Titagarh Firema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 6 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 16.59 km (Operational) 9.2 km (Under Construction) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Character | Elevated & Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Purple Line of the Pune Metro is the first line of the city's mass transit network.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It runs from PCMC Bhavan to Swargate. The 16.59 km (10.31 mi) line will be elevated till Range Hills with 9 stations and will further go underground up to Swargate with 5 stations.[7][8]
Route
The line will go via Kasarwadi (Nashik Phata), Khadki and Shivajinagar.[1][2] The maintenance depot for the Purple Line will be located near the Range Hills station on the land acquired from the College of Agriculture.[3][4]
Construction
Soil testing and topographical surveys of the concerned areas started in late December 2016. Excavation work for erection of pillars began in early June, 2017. The construction of the first pillar was completed by October 2017 and construction work of up to ten pillars was underway. The first viaduct was completely erected by January 2018.[5] The first batch of tracks were laid between PCMC and Sant Tukaram Nagar in the second week of July 2019.[6]
List of stations
Following is a list of stations on this route:
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# | Station Name | Opening | Connections | Layout | |||
English | Marathi | ||||||
1 | Bhakti Shakti Chowk | भक्ती शक्ती चौक | Approved | Rainbow BRTS | Elevated | ||
2 | Tilak Chowk | टिळक चौक | Approved | Rainbow BRTS | Elevated | ||
3 | Akurdi | आकुर्डी | Approved | Rainbow BRTS & Akurdi railway station | Elevated | ||
4 | Chinchwad | चिंचवड | Approved | Rainbow BRTS & Chinchwad railway station | Elevated | ||
5 | PCMC Bhavan | पिंपरी-चिंचवड मनपा भवन | 6 March 2022 | Rainbow BRTS | Elevated | ||
6 | Sant Tukaram Nagar | संत तुकाराम नगर | 6 March 2022 | Rainbow BRTS | Elevated | ||
7 | Nashik Phata | नाशिक फाटा | 6 March 2022 | Rainbow BRTS | Elevated | ||
8 | Kasarwadi | कासारवाडी | 6 March 2022 | Rainbow BRTS & Kasarwadi railway station | Elevated | ||
9 | Phugewadi | फुगेवाडी | 6 March 2022 | Rainbow BRTS | Elevated | ||
10 | Dapodi | दापोडी | 1 August 2023 | Rainbow BRTS & Dapodi railway station | Elevated | ||
11 | Bopodi | बोपोडी | 1 August 2023 | None | Elevated | ||
12 | Khadki | खडकी | Under Construction | Khadki railway station | Elevated | ||
13 | Range Hills | रेंज हिल्स | Under Construction | None | Elevated | ||
14 | Shivaji Nagar | शिवाजी नगर | 1 August 2023 | Shivajinagar railway station & Line 3 (planned) | Underground | ||
15 | Civil Court | दिवाणी न्यायालय | 1 August 2023 | Aqua Line & Line 3 | Underground | ||
16 | Budhwar Peth | बुधवार पेठ | Under Construction | None | Underground | ||
17 | Mahatma Phule Market | महात्मा फुले मंडई | Under Construction | None | Underground | ||
18 | Swargate | स्वारगेट | Under Construction | Rainbow BRTS | Underground |
Infrastructure
Signalling
The Purple Line utilises the Alstom Urbalis 400 communications-based train control (CBTC) signalling system. Alstom was awarded a EUR90 million contract to supply the signalling and telecommunications systems for the Purple and Aqua Lines, as well as Mumbai Metro Line 2 and Line 7.[9][10]
References
- 1 2 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to revise metro rail project report The Times Of India (27 September 2012).
- 1 2 "College of Agriculture campus, a green lung, loses 119 acres to govt projects in three decades". The Indian Express. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- 1 2 "Pune Metro work hits top gear". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- 1 2 "MahaMetro Project Update". punemetrorail.org. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- 1 2 "MahaMetro lays tracks between PCMC and Sant Tukaramnagar". The Times of India. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ↑ "MahaMetro begins ramp work to link elevated, underground legs". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Pune: Metro ramp connecting viaduct to underground tunnel completed". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Alstom to provide state-of-the-art signalling system for Mumbai Metro and Pune Metro". Financialexpress. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ↑ "Alstom bags Rs 700 crore contracts from Mumbai, Pune metros". Construction Week. Retrieved 9 July 2023.