Pune Junction railway station

Pune Junction पुणे जंक्शन रेल्वे स्थानक
Indian Railway Station
Location	H. H. Prince Aga Khan Road, Pune. India
Coordinates	18°31′44″N 73°52′27″E / 18.5289°N 73.8743°ECoordinates: 18°31′44″N 73°52′27″E / 18.5289°N 73.8743°E
Elevation	560.000 metres (1,837.270 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Mumbai Dadar-Solapur line Mumbai-Chennai line Pune- Bengaluru
Platforms	6
Tracks	8
Connections	150 daily trains + 44 EMU services
Construction
Parking	Yes; paid
Other information
Station code	PUNE
Division(s)	Pune
Fare zone	Central Railway
History
Opened	27 July 1925
Rebuilt	10 March 1996
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers	150,000
Services
Indian Railways, Pune Suburban Railway

Pune Junction 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 stop 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 from 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.

Suburban Trains

Pune's suburban service operate on 2 major routes, i.e. from Pune Junction to Lonavala and from Pune Junction to Talegaon. There are 3 trains which operate on Pune - Talegaon route while 15 trains operate on Pune - Lonavala route. Important stations on this route are Shivajinagar Station, Khadki Station, Pimpri Station, Chinchwad Station, Akurdi Station, Dehu Road Station, Talegaon Station and Lonavala Station. There are 8 passenger trains between Pune Junction to Daund section. These operate as suburban trains for this route. In this way the Pune to Daund section becomes the third route for suburban trains. The important haults on this route are Loni Station and Urali Station. Electrification works have begun on Pune - Daund section, after completion it is expected that the route will get regular suburban trains. The administration is now focusing to complete this work quickly.^[2]

Pune – Lonavla Pune Suburban Railway System
Legend
Pune Junction Mutha River Shivajinagar Khadki Mula River Dapodi Kasarwadi Pimpri Chinchwad Akurdi Dehu Road Begdewadi Ghorawadi Talegaon Vadgaon Kanhe Kamshet Malavli Lonavla

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 stop.

Diesel Loco Shed

A diesel loco shed located near Ghorpadi railway station comes under the Pune Railway Division. It is one of the three diesel sheds belonging to Central railway and the largest of all of them.

Bullet Train plan^[3]

Indian Railways are planning to start High-speed rail in India. Pune-Ahmedabad Bullet train^[4] is one of these trains. This train will cover 533 km at an average speed of 350 km/h. This train will stop 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.^[5] 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.

Karnataka govt has planned to run bullet trains between Bangalore and Belgaum. If Pune Miraj rail line is converted to bullet train route and linked to Belgaum bullet train route then Pune Bangalore travel could happen in less than 5 hours and Pune Miraj could take just 1 hour. Currently Pune Bangalore travel via Sampark Kranti express takes almost 18 hours.

Proposed Plans

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

Connection

• To connect Pune to Nashik by rail.^[6][7] (Feasibility survey accepted in budget 2011 - 12)
• Demand of New Railway line between Chinchwad Railway Station and Roha (Konkan Railways).^[8][9]
• 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 hourly railway service between Mumbai - Pune section.^[10]
• 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.^[11] (Survey accepted in budget 2011 - 12)
• To construct separate terminal for suburban trains.^[12]

Other

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

New EMU Terminal

The new EMU terminal will be situated to the west of the existing station. It will have two lines and one platform. This Proposal includes:^[13]

• Extension of existing platforms to accommodate 24 coach train.
• A new terminal for EMU to accommodate 15 coach train.
• Three foot over-bridge to connect new terminal to other platforms.

Gallery

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  Pune Junction stationboard

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  Pune Junction - Inauguration plaque

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  Electrification plaque at Pune

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  Pune Junction - Daytime view

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  Pune Junction - night view

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  Hutatma Express at Pune Junction

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  Lonavala EMU at Pune platform 6

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  12221 Pune Howrah Duronto Express at Pune Junction

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  Pune Nagpur Garib Rath Express at Pune Junction platform 5

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  Pune Junction - Renovation plaque

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  Pune railway station - approaches

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  WDG 3A at a small siding between platform 2 & 3

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  Pune station - Overview

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  Pune - Patna Super Fast Express Hauled By WDM 2 At Pune Railway Station

Duronto Trains

Train Number	Train Name	Departure		Arrival		Ref
		Days	Timing	Days	Timing
12221	Pune Howrah Duronto Express	M S	15:15	S T	19:40
12222	Howrah - Pune Duronto Express	T S	08:20	S F	11:35
12263	Pune Nizamuddin Duronto Express	T F	11:10	W S	07:15
12264	Hazrat Nizamuddin Pune Duronto Express	M T	11:00	T F	07:00
12297	Ahmedabad Pune Duronto Express	S T F	23:30	M W S	07:00
12298	Pune Ahmedabad Duronto Express	M T S	21:45	S T F	06:15

Garib Rath/ Shatabdi/ Sampark Kranti Express Trains

Train Name	Departure Days	Arrival Days
Pune Secunderabad Shatabdi Express	S M W T F S	S M W T F S
Pune Nagpur Garib Rath Express	M W S	M W S
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) - Bangalore (Yeshwantpur) Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express	T S	W F
Chandigarh - Yeshwantpur Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express	S W	S T

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

Trains Originating/Terminating at Pune Junction

Express / Mails

Train Name	Departure Days	Arrival Days
Pune - Patna Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Mumbai Deccan Queen Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Mumbai Pragati Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Mumbai Sinhagad Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Mumbai Indrayani Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Mumbai Deccan Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Mumbai Intercity Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Solapur Hutatma Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Indore Express	Tuesday, Friday, Saturday	Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
Pune - Nagpur Express	Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday	Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
Pune - Lucknow Express	Friday	Monday
Pune - Bilaspur Express	Friday	Friday
Pune - Howrah Azad Hind Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Veraval Express	Thursday	Sunday
Pune - Bhuj Express	Monday	Thursday
Pune - Jodhpur Express	Sunday	Wednesday
Pune - Gorakhpur Express	Thursday	Monday
Pune - Darbhanga Express	Wednesday	Sunday
Pune - Bhubaneshwar Express	Thursday	Thursday
Pune - Ernakulam Express (Via Panvel)	Wednesday, Sunday	Wednesday, Saturday
Pune - Ernakulam Poorna express (Via Miraj)	Saturday	Wednesday
Pune - Jaipur Express	Wednesday, Sunday	Wednesday, Sunday
Pune - Varanasi (Manduadih) Gyan Ganga Express	Monday	Thursday
Pune - Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express	Daily	Daily
Pune - Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express	Wednesday	Friday
Pune - Hyderabad Express	Monday, Wednesday, Saturday	Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
Pune Solapur Intercity Express	Daily	Daily
Pune Bhusaval Express (Via Nashik)	Daily	Daily
Hatia Pune Superfast Express	Wednesday, Sunday	Monday, Friday
Pune - Nanded Express (Via Manmad)	Monday, Wednesday	Monday, Wednesday
Pune - Nanded Express (Via Latur)	Saturday	Friday
Pune - Indore Express	Tuesday, Friday, Saturday	Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
Pune - Amravati Express.	Friday, Sunday	Sunday, Tuesday
Pune - Gwalior Express.	Monday	Sunday

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

Passengers

Train Name	Departure Days	Arrival Days
Pune - Karjat Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Satara	Daily	Daily
Pune - Kolhapur Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Solapur Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Baramati Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Baramati Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Daund Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Daund Fast Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Daund Fast Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Baramati Passenger	Daily	Daily
Pune - Manmad Passenger	Daily	Daily
Nizamabad - Pune Passenger	Daily	Daily

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

• Manmad - Pune passenger will terminate at Hadapsar and Pune - Solapur passenger will originate from Hadapsar Station
• Kolhapur - Pune passenger will arrive at Ghorpuri Station and Pune - Satara passenger will leave from Ghorpuri Station ^[14]
• Pune - Karjat Passenger runs attached with Baramati - Karjat Passenger and Karjat - Pune Passenger runs attached with Karjat - Daund Passenger.

Local Trains

Local Trains operating from Pune

Pune Lonavala Local

• This is a local EMU and operates daily between Pune and Lonavala.
• This stops at all local stations between Pune and Lonavala.
• There are 15 stops between Pune Railway station and Lonavala Railway Station.

Through Trains

Express / Mails

Train Name	Departure Days	Arrival Days
Kolhapur - Ahmedabad Express	Sunday	Monday
Mumbai - Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Kolhapur Koyna Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Kolhapur Sahyadri Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Chennai Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Chennai Mail	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Solapur Siddheshwar Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Hyderabad Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Hyderabad Hussainsagar Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai (Dadar) - Chennai (Egmore) Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Bhubaneshwar Konark Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Trivandrum Central - Kanyakumari Jayanti Janatha Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai - Trivandrum Central Thiruvananthapuram Express	Monday	Sunday
Mumbai - Bangalore Udyan Express	Daily	Daily
Mumbai (Dadar) - Puducherry Chalukya Express	Monday, Tuesday, Saturday	Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Mumbai (Dadar) - Tirunelveli Chalukya Express	Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday	Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday
Mumbai (Dadar) - Mysore Sharavathi Express	Friday	Monday
Rajkot - Secundarabad Express	Monday, Wednesday, Thursday	Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday
Rajkot - Coimbatore Express	Sunday	Saturday
Coimbatore - Mumbai (Kurla) Express	Daily	Daily
Jodhpur - Bangalore Express	Friday, Sunday	Tuesday, Thursday
Jodhpur - Bangalore (Yeshwantpur) Express	Thursday	Monday
Ajmer - Mysore Express	Monday, Saturday	Wednesday, Friday
Ajmer - Bangalore (Yeshwantpur) Garib Nawaz Express	Tuesday	Saturday
Gandhidham - Bangalore Express	Wednesday	Sunday
Mumbai (Kurla) - Madurai Express	Friday	Monday
Mumbai - Nagarcoil Express (Via Tirupati, Madurai)	Tuesday, Saturday	Monday, Friday
Mumbai - Nagarcoil Express (Via Erode, Ernakulam, Trivandrum Central)	Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday	Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) - Kolhapur Express	Friday	Tuesday
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) - Mysore Swarna Jayanti Express	Tuesday	Saturday
Bhavnagar - Kakinada Express	Saturday	Friday
Mumbai - Latur Express	Daily	Daily
Kolhapur - Dhanbad Deekshabhoomi Express	Friday	Wednesday
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) - Vasco Da Gamma Goa Express New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) - Hubli Express slip	Daily	Daily
Kolhapur- Gondia Maharashtra Express Kolhapur - Gorakhpur Express slip	Daily	Daily
Porbander - Secundarabad Express.	Tuesday	Thursday
Ahmedabad - Bangalore (Yeshwantpur) A/C Express.	Sunday	Tuesday
Okha - Madurai Vivek Express. Madurai - Dwarka Vivek Express.	Friday	Tuesday

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

• Hubli - Nizamuddin Express is attached to Goa Express at Londa and Kolhapur - Gorakhpur Express is detached from Maharashtra Express at Manmad.

Passengers

Train Name	Down root Days	Up root Days
Mumbai - Pandharpur Passenger	Sunday, Friday, Saturday	Sunday, Friday, Saturday
Mumbai - Bijapur Passenger	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Mumbai Shirdi Fast Passenger	Daily	Daily
Karjat - Daund Passenger Karjat - Pune Passenger	Daily	Daily
Baramati - Karjat Passenger Pune - Karjat Passenger	Daily	Daily

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

• Mumbai Shirdi Fast Passenger is attached to Mumbai - Bijapur/Pandharpur passenger up to Daund.
• Pune - Karjat Passenger runs attached with Baramati - Karjat Passenger and Karjat - Pune Passenger runs attached with Karjat - Daund Passenger.

Maldhakka Goods Yard

Maldhakka is the freight depot of Pune Railway Station. All freight 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.

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 inconvenient 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

• Dedicated Intercity trains of India
• High-speed rail in India
• Indian Railways
• Pune District
• Pune International Airport
• Pune Station Bus Stand
• Rail transport in India
• Roads in Pune
• List of railway stations in India

References

1. "World-class Pune station via public-private route". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
2. "'Electrification of Pune-Daund route top priority for railways'". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
3. "Bullet train: Rlys studying feasibility report". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
4. "Bullet train project gets closer to realisation". Indianrlys.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
5. Ranjan Dasgupta (2010-11-23). "Bullet train may cut Mumbai-Pune travel time to 40 minutes". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
6. "Rail Budget Plans for Maharashtra". Sakaaltimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
7. "Nashik-Pune railway project may be on track finally". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
8. "Railways Clueless On 95-km Broadguage Rail Route Between Chinchwad And Roha". Punescoop.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
9. "Rlys mull Pune-Konkan link". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2002-04-25. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
10. "Chamber seeks hourly Pune-Mumbai trains". Indianexpress.com. 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
11. Survey may lead to better frequency of local trains
12. DNA Correspondent (2011-08-01). "Separate terminal on cards for suburban trains at Pune station". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
13. "Pune railway division proposes new EMU terminal". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
14. DNA Correspondent (2012-01-16). "Railway ‘mega-block’ to affect local trains in Pune". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

External links

• Mumbai - Pune - Mumbai train timmings.
• Pune Junction.
• Time table of five new trains from city announced
• More frequency of local trains can solve traffic issues
• MCCIA demands new trains for Pune
• "Pune railway station to get a passenger-friendly makeover | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.