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Recently updates are coming from the Union Cabinet as they are under the process of approving Phase 2 for the Pune Metro Rail Project.

Pune Metro Getting 15 New Trains

The authorities have also announced the addition of 15 new trains and 45 coaches to the city’s metro fleet.

Pune Metro’s official X (formerly Twitter) account confirmed on Saturday (28 June) that the expanded fleet will cater to the rising number of daily commuters.

In this regard, the Pune Metro Rail noted that “Seeing the growing response to Pune Metro and the increasing number of passengers, 15 new trains and 45 additional coaches will soon be added to the metro fleet. This decision has been made in view of the approval of new metro routes and the increasing crowd in the metro.”

Union Cabinet Approving Two Elevated Corridors

The development is followed by the Union Cabinet’s clearance of two elevated corridors a few days ago.

This would be part of the Phase 2 which will be extending from Vanaz to Chandani Chowk and Ramwadi to Wagholi, stretching 12.75 km and featuring 13 stations.

For this project, they have allocated a budget of Rs 3,626 crore for execution.

Pune is “developing in every sector” and the Metro’s expansion “will boost public transport and make people’s lives easier,” remarked by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post on X.

They are planning to serve the key IT hubs with these extensions including the commercial zones, educational institutions, and residential pockets, enhancing ridership across the network.

They are expecting to grow it from 0.96 lakh in 2027 to 3.49 lakh by 2057 with these projections of daily ridership.

This is further prompting the pre-emptive addition of new trains to accommodate the increasing demand in future.

The execution of this project will be overseen by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited with pre-construction activities such as topographical surveys and design consultancy already underway.

According to the officials, these new corridors will ease the congestion on arterial routes like Paud Road and Nagar Road.

This would provide safer and greener mobility options for Pune’s burgeoning population.