Pune Railway Station

Pune Railway Station is the main railway head of Pune. It is a railway junction with on the Mumbai - Chennai railway line. It is also the origin of Pune - Bangalore railway line. All trains are operated by Indian Railways. Pune Railway Station serves as a halt for south bound trains from Mumbai, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as the origin/destination for trains to north India. Pune is well linked to the entire country by this station. Also there is a project of running bullet train form Pune to Ahmedabad which will originate/terminate here. This is a major head for freight transport for Pune. On 1 June every year celebration of birthday of Deccan Queen Express train takes place on this station. This station has got two footbridges. Plans are made to upgrade this station to world-class standard.^[1]

History

The Mumbai - Pune railway line was completed in 1856 and Pune railway station was opened. This was the time when the first train ran from Pune railway station. The Pune - Miraj line was completed by 1886. Initially Pune - Miraj line was meter gauge track. The first express train ran in 1928 between Mumbai - Pune. This train was the Deccan Queen Express.

Suburban Trains

Pune's suburban service operate on two major routes, i.e. from Pune Junction to Lonavala and from Pune Junction to Talegaon. There are 2 trains which operate on Pune - Talegaon root while 18 trains operate on Pune - Lonavala route. Important stations on this route are Shivajinagar Station, Khadki Station, Pimpri Station, Chinchwad Railway Station, Akurdi, Dehu Road, Talegaon, Lonavala.

Deccan Odyssey

This is a tourist train operated by the Indian Railways. This train takes a tour of Maharashtra and Goa. Along its route it has Pune Junction as its halt.

Bullet Train plan ^[2]

Indian Railways are planning to start High-speed rail in India. Pune-Ahmedabad Bullet train ^[3] is one of these trains. This train will cover 533 km at an average speed of 350 km/h. This train will hault at Mumbai. Currently Pune-Ahmedabad section takes 10 hrs by rail. This distance will be covered in just 1 hrs 52 min with the introduction of this bullet train.^[4] This train is expected to cover Pune to Mumbai in 40 min. It is expected that this route will have 26.6 million passengers by 2021.

Proposed Plans

There are plans for increasing connection, upgrading the station and suburban railway and also to shift the fright depot to Mundwa to accommodate more fright trains.

Connection

• To connect Pune to Nashik by rail.^[5] (Feasibility survey accepted in budget 2011 - 12)
• To start new express trains form Pune to Ahmedabad (Via Nasik), Amritsar, Bangalore, Guwahati and Surat (Via Nasik).
• To start Duronto to Bangalore (Yeshwantpur) and Chennai
• To start railway hourly railway service between Mumbai - Pune section.
• To start high-speed railway service to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

Upgrading

• To increase platforms from 6 to 9.
• To modernize this station to international standard.
• To increase one track between Pune and Lonavla and to increase frequency to 30 minutes in peak hours and 45 minutes in non peak hours.^[6] (Survey accepted in budget 2011 - 12)

Other

• To shift the fright depot (Maldhakka) to Mundhwa area to accommodate more fright trains.

Duronto/Garib Rath/Jan Shatabdi/Sampark Kranti

NOTE: Days of Arrival/Departure are on Pune Junction.

Trains Originating/Terminating at Pune Junction

Express / Mails

 Train# 22845 Dep Pune (Wed, Sun) at 10:45 hrs, Arr Hatia at 17:10 hrs (next day).
 Train# 22846 Dep Hatia (Mon, Fri) at 20:00 hrs, Arr Pune at 02:45 hrs (third day).

NOTE: Days of Arrival/Departure are on Pune Junction.

Passengers

NOTE: Days of Arrival/Departure are on Pune Junction.

Through Trains

Express / Mails

NOTE: Days of Arrival/Departure are on Pune Junction.

Passengers

NOTE: Days of Arrival/Departure are on Pune Junction.

Mumbai - Shirdi passenger is attached to Mumubai - Bijapur/Pandharpur passenger up to Daund

Maldhakka Goods Yard

Maldhakka is the fright depot of Pune Railway Station. All fright trains are loaded and unloaded at this depot. This consist of 2 railway shades. This has its entrance in the maldhakka chowk. A proposal is there to shift this depot to Mundhwa by civil bodies.^[7]

Platform 7

This was a platform in use for many years for Pune Suburban Service after opening of this station. But this platform was then merged into platform 1 due to inconvenience. This platform's beginning point was after platform 1. When the size of train was increased more than 15 boogies it became incontinent to fit two trains. On the other hand size of Suburban trains was also increased due to growing passengers. Hence this platform was merged in Platform 1.

See also

• Pune.
• Pune District.
• Pune International Airport.
• Pune Station Bus Stand.
• Maharashtra.
• Roads in Pune.

Further reading

• Rail transport in India.
• High-speed rail in India.
• List of railway stations in India.
• Indian Railways.

External links

• Pune-Mumbai in 20 min.
• Pune Junction Wikimapia.
• Hotels near Pune railway station.
• Mumbai - Pune - Mumbai train timmings.
• Deccan Odyssey.
• Pune Junction.
• Pune - Ahmedabad Bullet Train.
• Time table of five new trains from city announced

References