Pune Metro Completes Trial On 6 km Stretch From PCMC To Phugewadi Station

Pimpri, 4th January 2021: The Pune Metro completed its 2nd trial on 6 km metro route between PCMC metro station to Phugewadi station. It is considered a crucial step by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) which is constructing the Pune Metro project.

Earlier the metro had completed its 1st trial run on 1 km stretch from PCMC to Sant Tukaram Nagar metro station. The second trial was conducted exactly after a year of it. On Sunday, the metro train departed from PCMC station at 1.30 pm and it reached Phugewadi station at 2.00 pm. DD Mishra, executive director, Ravi Kumar, chief project engineer and metro officials Sandeep Sakale, Shriram Manjhi, Raja Raman and Ravi Tata were present. Chetan Phadke operated the train.

The test was successfully completed by observing the safety of the railway track. For the trial run, the Metro used three coaches.

This is an important step of Pune metro. It is the success of hard work. Due to support of all Punekars, it has happened, said Dr Brijesh Dixit, managing director MahaMetro.