Purple Line (Pune Metro)

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Purple Line
Overview
StatusUnder Construction
LocalePune Metropolitan Region
TerminiPCMC Bhavan
Swargate
Stations14
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemPune Metro
Operator(s)MahaMetro
Technical
Line length16.59 km (10.31 mi)
CharacterElevated & Underground
Route map

Legend
PCMC Bhavan Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Sant Tukaram Nagar Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Nashik Phata Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Kasarwadi Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit SystemKasarwadi railway station
Phugewadi Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Dapodi Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit SystemDapodi railway station
Bopodi
Khadki Khadki railway station
Range Hills
Shivaji Nagar Shivaji Nagar railway station Line 3 (Pune Metro)
Civil Court Aqua Line (Pune Metro) Line 3 (Pune Metro)
Budhwar Peth
Mahatma Phule Market
Swargate Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System

Purple Line of the Pune Metro is the first line of the city's under-construction mass transit network. It will run from PCMC Bhavan to Swargate. The 16.59-km line will be elevated till with 9 stations and will further go underground up to Swargate with 5 stations.

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 started 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-

Purple Line
# Station Name Status Connections Layout
English Marathi
1 PCMC Bhavan पिंपरी-चिंचवड मनपा भवन Under Construction None Elevated
2 Sant Tukaram Nagar संत तुकाराम नगर Constructed None Elevated
3 Nashik Phata नाशिक फाटा Under Construction None Elevated
4 Kasarwadi कासारवाडी Under Construction None Elevated
5 Phugewadi फुगेवाडी Constructed None Elevated
6 Dapodi दापोडी Under Construction None Elevated
7 Bopodi बोपोडी Under Construction None Elevated
8 Khadki खडकी Under Construction None Elevated
9 Range Hills रेंज हिल्स Under Construction None Elevated
10 Shivaji Nagar शिवाजी नगर Under Construction  Line 3  (planned) Underground
11 Civil Court दिवाणी न्यायालय Under Construction  Aqua Line  &  Line 3  Underground
12 Budhwar Peth बुधवार पेठ Under Construction None Underground
13 Mahatma Phule Market महात्मा फुले मंडई Under Construction None Underground
14 Swargate स्वारगेट Under Construction None Underground

References[]

  1. ^ pune-metro-full-presentation. Slideshare.net (29 April 2010).
  2. ^ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to revise metro rail project report The Times Of India (27 September 2012).
  3. ^ "College of Agriculture campus, a green lung, loses 119 acres to govt projects in three decades". The Indian Express. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ^ "Pune Metro work hits top gear". Hindustan Times. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ^ "MahaMetro Project Update". punemetrorail.org. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ "MahaMetro lays tracks between PCMC and Sant Tukaramnagar". The Times of India. July 13, 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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