The 12-km-long route of the Metro project comprises two priority sections on two Metro lines from Garware College to Vanaj (five km) and from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipality to Fugewadi (seven km). The total cost of the Pune Metro project is more than Rs 11,400 crore. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for this project on December 24, 2016.
Inaugurating the Pune Metro Rail Project, PM Modi said that Pune has continuously strengthened its identity in the field of education, research and development and automobile. In such a situation, modern facilities are the need of the people of Pune and our government is working to keep this need of the people of Pune in mind.
The Prime Minister said that every city should have an integrated command and control centre to make the facility smart.
Pune Metro Project
Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC) awarded a Rs 484-crore contract by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRCL) for the Pune Metro Rail Project. Pune Metro Project was approved by the cabinet on 8 December 2016. The Pune Metro project was undertaken by MAHA Metro, an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) of Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra. The project planned to improve the infrastructure of Pune and also intended to develop world class stations and surrounding areas to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Pune.
Pune Metro's two Lines:
Line 1 (14 Stations) PCMC - Swargate 16.589 KM underground 5 elevated 9
Line 2 (16 Stations) Vanaz - Ramwadi 14.665 KM - elevated 16
Line 1 consists of the following stations:
- PCMC
- Sant Tukaram Nagar
- Bhosari (Nashik Phata)
- Kasarwadi
- Phugewadi
- Dapodi
- Bopodi
- Khadki
- Range Hill
- Shivaji Nagar
- Civil Court
- Budhwar Peth
- Mandai
- Swargate
- Vanaz
- Anand Nagar
- Ideal Colony
- Nal Stop
- Garware College
- Deccan Gymkhana
- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Udyan
- PMC
- Civil Court
- Mangalwar Peth
- Pune Railway Station
- Ruby Hall Clinic
- Bund Garden
- Yerawada
- Kalyani Nagar
- Ramwadi
