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Pune Suburban Railway

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Daily ridership
  
100,000

Locale
  
Pune district

Number of stations
  
17

Operator
  
Central Railway zone (CR)

System length
  
63,000 m

Number of lines
  
2

Transit type
  
Commuter rail

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Track gauge
  
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) (broad gauge)

Pune Suburban Railway, also known as Pune Suburban Service or Pune Local Railway, is a suburban rail system connecting Pune to its suburbs and neighboring villages in Pune District, Maharashtra. It is operated by Central Railway (CR). Pune's suburban railway operates on two routes, i.e. from Pune Junction to Lonavla and from Pune Junction to Talegaon. There are 5 trains which operate on Pune Junction - Talegaon route while 18 trains operate on Pune Junction - Lonavla route.

Contents

History

The Pune-Lonavala section operated 9-car services till March 2009, when 12-car services were introduced. CR also operates 13 car trains.

Stations with route map

  1. Pune Junction
  2. Shivajinagar
  3. Khadki
  4. Dapodi
  5. Kasarwadi
  6. Pimpri
  7. Chinchwad
  8. Akurdi
  9. Dehu Road
  10. Begdewadi
  11. Ghorawadi
  12. Talegaon
  13. Vadgaon
  14. Kanhe
  15. Kamshet
  16. Malavli
  17. Lonavala

Note:Stations in Bold are origin / terminating stations

Pune - Daund Route

This is a proposed route for many years. Just like Lonavla many people travel from Daund to Pune City for work. This route was proposed for the convenience of people of Daund and the villages on this route. However many years have passed since this proposal but this service does not operate even today. Instead of suburban trains four shuttle trains operate on this route between Pune and Daund and through trains like Pune-Baramati shuttle, Pune-Manmad passenger, Pune-Nizamabad passenger and two shuttle trains between Pune to Solapur are useful for people on this route to access Pune City.

Project Details
  1. Land acquisition. (Wherever needed)
  2. Electrification of Pune - Daund Section. (This includes erection of poles, laying of overhead cables etc.)
  3. Scheduling of blocks for electrification.
  4. Commencement of power supply units at Yewat and Daund.
  5. Actual trail of Suburban trains. (After electrification)
  6. Scheduling and commencement of Suburban train service.

Trial run of Pune - Daund local was conducted successfully on 29 and 30 September 2016. This route will benefit the commuters from Hadapsar, Mundhwa, Urali Kanchan, Yewat, Kedgaon, Patas and Daund. Lonavala - Pune - Daund section will be completed by this project.

Stations
  1. Pune Junction
  2. Ghorpuri West
  3. Hadapsar
  4. Manjari
  5. Loni
  6. Urali
  7. Yewat
  8. Kuthbhav
  9. Kedgaon
  10. Kadethan
  11. Patas
  12. Daund

Proposed Plans

The citizens have been demanding Pune - Daund Suburban Service for many years. According to the 2010-11 Budget, proposals were as follows:

  • To electrify Pune - Daund Section and start EMU service on Lonavala - Pune - Daund Section. This work has got higher priority. Works have begun to electrify Pune - Daund section. Due to this service direct trains can run from Talegaon, Chinchwad and Khadki to Daund which will give people of this area a good connectivity with towns like Hadapsar, Loni, Urali Kanchan, Yawat etc. Also a feasibility study is underway to increase this section up to Bhigwan station.
  • To build separate platforms for Pune - Lonavala / Talegaon services and increase the frequency to 30 min during peak hours and 45 min other time.
  • Introduction of Shuttle Service on Pune - Saswad Road Station - Jejuri station / Nira station / Satara Sector. This will operate every 3 hours with 2/3 wagons for goods.
  • Third track for Pune - Lonavala Section. (Demand survey accepted in Budget 2011 - 12)
  • To increase Two terminals on Pune - Lonavala and Pune - Daund Sections.
  • To start suburban service on Pune - Rajgurunagar station (Proposed) patch after compelition of Pune - Nasik Road, railway for connectivity with New Pune International Airport.
  • To construct a ring rail parallel to proposed Ring Road for good suburban transport.
  • To start local trains from Shivajinagar to Kurla.

    • New EMU Terminal

    The new EMU terminal will be situated on west of the existing station. It will have two lines and one platform. This Proposal includes:

  • Extension of existing platforms to accommodate 24 bogie trains.
  • A new terminal for EMU to accommodate 15 bogie trains.
  • Three foot over-bridge to connect new terminal to other platforms.
  • Expansion of Hadapsar for new trains to origin and terminate at the station.

    • References

    Pune Suburban Railway Wikipedia
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