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Swargate Bus Station

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Structure type
  
At grade station

Bicycle facilities
  
Yes

Connections
  
Rainbow BRTS, Pune Metro

Parking
  
Yes

Disabled access
  
Yes

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Location
  
Jedhe Chowk, Satara Road, Swargate, Pune

Owned by
  
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited

Owner
  
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation

Swargate Bus Station consists of two adjacent bus stations in Pune, operated by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). It is located in the locality of Swargate in Pune, opposite the Swargate Police Station.

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MSRTC section

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation operates a bus station a Swargate. Approximately 1800 buses are estimated to arrive and depart from the terminus. Buses of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation also pass through the bus station. In 2012, the traffic arm of the Pune Police proposed to split the bus station into different bus stations across the city to ease traffic congestion.

Buses bound for Satara, Karad, Belgaum, Kolhapur, Hubli, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Miraj, Sangli, Mahabaleshwar, Bhor, Pandharpur, Tasgaon, Ichalkaranji, Gargoti, Gadhinglaj, Ajara, Shirala, Islampur, Vita, Jat, Wai, Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Solapur leave from the Swargate ST station. Both the MSRTC and KSRTC operate services to the neighbouring state capital of Bangalore from Swargate while the former operates some of its services to the state capital of Mumbai via Lonavala as well.

PMPML section

The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has its headquarters at Swargate.

The PMPML section of the bus station is named Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj bus station. It is the common terminal point on the Hadapsar-Swargate and Katraj-Swargate sections of the Pune BRTS.

References

Swargate Bus Station Wikipedia