Station Code PUNE

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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 fromMumbai, 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.

Suburban Trains

Further information: Pune Suburban Service

Pune’s suburban service operate on two major routes, i.e. from Pune Junction to Lonavala and from Pune Junction to Talegaon. There are 3 trains which operate on Pune - Talegaon root while 17 trains operate on Pune - Lonavala route. Important stations on this route are Shivajinagar Station, Khadki Station, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Akurdi, Dehu Road, Talegaon, Lonavala.

Deccan Odyssey

See also: 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. This train is the pride of Maharashtra and is a 5 star hotel on wheels.

Bullet Train plan

Further information: High-speed rail in India

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 atMumbai. 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. This train is expected to cover Pune toMumbai in 40 min. It is expected that this root will have 26.6 million passengers by 2021.

Plans

The following are the plans for Pune Junction:

• To shift the goods depot (Maldhakka) to Mundhwa area.
• To increase platforms from 6 to 9.
• To start railway hourly railway service between Mumbai - Pune section.
• To modernize this station to international standard.
• To start high-speed railway service to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
• To increase one track between Pune and Lonavla. (Accepted in budget 2011 – 12)
• To connect Pune to Nashik by rail. (Feasibility survey accepted in budget 2011 – 12)

Duronto/Garib Rath/Shatabdi/Sampark Krinti

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

Trains Originating/Terminating at Pune Junction

Express / Mails

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.

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.

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.