Purple_Line_(Pune_Metro)

Purple Line (Pune Metro)

Purple Line (Pune Metro)

Rapid transit railway line of Pune Metro

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 will be elevated till Range Hills with 9 stations and will further go underground up to Swargate with 5 stations.[7][8]

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Route

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

Construction

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

Following is a list of stations on this route:

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Infrastructure

Signalling

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][10]

References

  1. [1]
    pune-metro-full-presentation. Slideshare.net (29 April 2010).
  2. [2]
    Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to revise metro rail project report The Times Of India (27 September 2012).
  3. [3]
    "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.
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    "Pune Metro work hits top gear". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. [5]
    "MahaMetro Project Update". punemetrorail.org. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. [6]
    "MahaMetro lays tracks between PCMC and Sant Tukaramnagar". The Times of India. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. [7]
    "MahaMetro begins ramp work to link elevated, underground legs". The Times of India.
  8. [8]
    "Pune: Metro ramp connecting viaduct to underground tunnel completed". The Times of India.
  9. [9]
    "Alstom to provide state-of-the-art signalling system for Mumbai Metro and Pune Metro". Financialexpress. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Alstom bags Rs 700 crore contracts from Mumbai, Pune metros". Construction Week. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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