Purple Line (Pune Metro)
Purple Line of the Pune Metro is the first line of the city's under-construction mass transit network. It will run from PCMC building in Pimpri to Swargate. The 16.59-km line will be elevated till Range Hills 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 Tukaramnagar in the second week of July 2019.[6]
List of Stations
Following is a list of stations on this route-
Purple Line | |||||||
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# | Station Name | Connections | Opening | Alignment | |||
English | Marathi | ||||||
1 | PCMC | पिंपरी-चिंचवड | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
2 | Sant Tukaram Nagar | संत तुकाराम नगर | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
3 | Bhosari (Nashik Phata) | भोसरी (नाशिक फाटा) | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
4 | Kasarwadi | कासारवाडी | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
5 | Phugewadi | फुगेवाडी | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
6 | Dapodi | दापोडी | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
7 | Bopodi | बोपोडी | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
8 | Khadki | खडकी | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
9 | Range Hills | रेंज हिल्स | None | Under Construction | Elevated | ||
10 | Shivaji Nagar | शिवाजी नगर | Line 3 (planned) | Under Construction | Underground | ||
11 | Civil Court | सिव्हिल कोर्ट | Aqua Line & Line 3 | Under Construction | Underground | ||
12 | Budhwar Peth | बुधवार पेठ | None | Under Construction | Underground | ||
13 | Mahatma Phule Mandai | महात्मा फुले मंडई | None | Under Construction | Underground | ||
14 | Swargate | स्वारगेट | None | Under Construction | Underground |
References
- ^ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to revise metro rail project report The Times Of India (27 September 2012).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pune Metro work hits top gear". Hindustan Times. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "MahaMetro Project Update". punemetrorail.org. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "MahaMetro lays tracks between PCMC and Sant Tukaramnagar". The Times of India. July 13, 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.