Pune Metro carries out trial run on 3-km underground stretch
IN A significant step towards starting Metro service across the city, Pune Metro on Tuesday successfully carried out a trial run on a 3-km underground stretch from Range Hill car depot to Civil Court interchange station.
Of the 11.4-km route from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Metro station to Swargate, six kilometres — from Shivajinagar to Swargate — are underground. Tunnel work was completed on June 4.
On Tuesday, a trial run was conducted on a 3-km stretch from Range Hill car depot to Range Hill elevated station, then from Range Hill elevated station to Shivajinagar station and on to Civil Court interchange station.
