First underground station of Pune Metro to be ready next month

THE FIRST underground Metro station of Pune will be ready in November and will be operational as soon as it gets clearance from the railway safety department.

In Phase I, the Pune metro rail is developing a total of 30 km rail route on Vanaz to Ramwadi, and Pimpri Chinchwad to Swargate routes. The Vanaz to Ramwadi route is elevated while Pimpri Chinchwad to Swargate is elevated from Pimpri Chinchwad to Rangehill, and underground from Shivajinagar to Swargate.

The operations have partly been started on both the routes since March – from Vanaz to Garware college and Pimpri Chinchwad to Phugewadi.