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Purple Line
Purple Line Metro Train
Overview
StatusOperational
LocalePune Metropolitan Region
Termini
Stations12 (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 is elevated till Range Hills with 9 stations and further goes underground up to Swargate with 5 stations.[7][8]

Route

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The line goes via Kasarwadi (Nashik Phata), Khadki and Shivajinagar.[1][2] The maintenance depot for the Purple Line is located near the Range Hills station on the land acquired from the College of Agriculture.[3][4]

Construction

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Soil testing and topographical surveys of the concerned areas started in late December 2016. Excavation work for erection of pillars began 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

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Following is a list of stations on this route:

Purple Line
# Station Name Opening Connections Layout
English Marathi
1 Bhakti Shakti Chowk भक्ती शक्ती चौक Under Construction Rainbow BRTS Elevated
2 Tilak Chowk टिळक चौक Under Construction Rainbow BRTS Elevated
3 Akurdi आकुर्डी Under Construction Rainbow BRTS & Akurdi railway station Elevated
4 Chinchwad चिंचवड Under Construction Rainbow BRTS & Chinchwad railway station Elevated
5 PCMC Bhavan पिंपरी-चिंचवड मनपा भवन 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
6 Sant Tukaram Nagar संत तुकाराम नगर 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS & Vallabhnagar MSRTC Bus Station Elevated
7 Nashik Phata नाशिक फाटा 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
8 Kasarwadi कासारवाडी 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS & Kasarwadi railway station Elevated
9 Phugewadi फुगेवाडी 6 March 2022 Rainbow BRTS Elevated
10 Dapodi दापोडी 1 August 2023 Rainbow BRTS & Dapodi railway station Elevated
11 Bopodi बोपोडी 1 August 2023 None Elevated
12 Khadki खडकी Under Construction Khadki railway station Elevated
13 Range Hills रेंज हिल्स Under Construction None Elevated
14 Shivaji Nagar शिवाजी नगर 1 August 2023 Shivajinagar railway station, Shivajinagar MSRTC Bus Station &  Line 3  (planned) Underground
15 Civil Court दिवाणी न्यायालय 1 August 2023 Aqua Line &  Line 3  (planned) Underground
16 Kasba Peth कसबा पेठ 29 September 2024 None Underground
17 Mandai मंडई 29 September 2024 None Underground
18 Swargate स्वारगेट 29 September 2024 Rainbow BRTS & Swargate MSRTC Bus Station Underground
19 Pushmangal Chowk पुष्पमंगल चौक Proposed None Underground
20 Shankar Maharaj Mutt शंकर महाराज मठ Proposed None Underground
21 Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park राजीव गांधी प्राणीशास्त्र उद्यान Proposed None Underground

Infrastructure

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Signalling

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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]

Incidents

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On 21st October around 12AM, a fire struck at Mandai metro station. Located in the heart of the vegetable market in Pune. Fire Brigade reached the station and reported that the fire was caused by the Welding works at the station. No casualties were reported as no trains were running during the morning hours.

References

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  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". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Pune: Metro ramp connecting viaduct to underground tunnel completed". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Alstom to provide state-of-the-art signalling system for Mumbai Metro and Pune Metro". Financialexpress. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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