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Revision as of 18:36, 3 August 2023

Purple Line
Overview
StatusOperational
LocalePune Metropolitan Region
Termini
Stations16 (Operational)
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemPune Metro
Operator(s)MahaMetro
Rolling stockTitagarh Firema
History
Opened6 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-06)
Technical
Line length16.59 km (Operational)
9.2 km (Under Construction)
CharacterElevated & Underground
Route map

Legend
 Bhakti Shakti Chowk Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Tilak Chowk Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Akurdi Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit SystemAkurdi railway station
Chinchwad Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit SystemChinchwad railway station
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
Mainline rail interchange Range Hills Depot
Shivaji Nagar Shivaji Nagar railway station
 Line 3 
 Civil Court
Aqua Line  Line 3 
 Kasba Peth
Mandai
Swargate Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
Pushmangal Chowk
Shankar Maharaj Mutt
Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park

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 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 Opening Connections Layout
English Marathi
1 PCMC Bhavan पिंपरी-चिंचवड मनपा भवन 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
2 Sant Tukaram Nagar संत तुकाराम नगर 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
3 Nashik Phata नाशिक फाटा 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
4 Kasarwadi कासारवाडी 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS & Kasarwadi railway station Elevated
5 Phugewadi फुगेवाडी 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
6 Dapodi दापोडी 1 August 2023 Rainbow BRTS & Dapodi railway station Elevated
7 Bopodi बोपोडी 1 August 2023 None Elevated
8 Khadki खडकी 1 August 2023 Khadki railway station Elevated
9 Range Hills रेंज हिल्स 1 August 2023 None Elevated
10 Shivaji Nagar शिवाजी नगर 1 August 2023 Shivajinagar railway station &  Line 3  (planned) Underground
11 Civil Court दिवाणी न्यायालय 1 August 2023 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 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. ^ a b pune-metro-full-presentation. Slideshare.net (29 April 2010).
  2. ^ a b Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to revise metro rail project report The Times Of India (27 September 2012).
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ a b "Pune Metro work hits top gear". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "MahaMetro Project Update". punemetrorail.org. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b "MahaMetro lays tracks between PCMC and Sant Tukaramnagar". The Times of India. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. ^ "MahaMetro begins ramp work to link elevated, underground legs".
  8. ^ "Pune: Metro ramp connecting viaduct to underground tunnel completed".
  9. ^ "Alstom to provide state-of-the-art signalling system for Mumbai Metro and Pune Metro". Financialexpress. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Alstom bags Rs 700 crore contracts from Mumbai, Pune metros". Construction Week. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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