Pune Metro Rail Project

About Pune Metro

Pune, the cultural and historical capital of the state of Maharashtra, known as the ‘Queen of Deccan’ due to its scenic beauty and rich natural resources.

The birth place of holy saint Tukaram, Capital of the greatest warrior king of all time Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who established "Hindavi Swarajya", Social reformers Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phule, Maharshi Karve, home of great freedom fighters like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Agarkar and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Pune city is known in the world map because of its educational, research and development institutions, IT Parks and automobiles industry in western Maharashtra.

In last decades, the city witnessed a rise in population and people migrating from a different part of the country for job opportunities. However, the sustainable infrastructure to facilitate easy commute to the citizens was missing. Average travel time for citizens using public transport in Pune is over ~100 mins a day. This makes more and more citizens use their personal vehicle, which causes traffic chaos and congestion issues.

Here in, Pune Metro, will help tackle all these issues, provide comfortable and convenient commute in the city by significantly reducing the travel time by 75%. It will facilitate many youths, students, professionals, etc. traveling to their destination. Metro rail will act as the back bone to the public transport system of the Smart City Project and strengthen on various parameters:

Parameters

Scenario
 

Existing

With Metro
Traffic Congestion Bumper to Bumper Traffic visible on several roads in peak hours. Commuters will get diverted to Metro reducing the congestion on roads.
Pollution Air Quality of the city is going down.
Source: Air Quality - Ambient Air Quality Monitored at Pune		 Will improve as the no of vehicles on road will go down.
Road Accidents Notably high due to higher no of vehicles on road. Will drastically reduce as the congestion on road will reduce.
Convenience Not very convenient due to traffic jams, bad roads, traffic signals, etc. Very convenient as the mode is highly comfortable, reliable and timely.
Weather Extremities Do affect the driver of individual vehicles causing discomforts. Provides a comfortable and distraction-free movement.
Travel Time Is excessive due to traffic congestions and traffic signals. Will reduce the travel time by around 50%.
Cost Is high due to high fuel consumption & high fuel cost & more running time due to traffic congestion. Will be much less as compared to cost of running individual vehicles.
Energy Saving Uses Fossil fuels and has high energy consumption. Uses around only 1/5th of energy as compared to Road Transport

Thus there is a need for a safe, reliable, efficient, affordable, commuter friendly and environmentally sustainable rapid public transport system for the Pune Metro Region.