Pune Metro will operate for two additional hours on Sunday, November 8, allowing commuters to travel until 8 pm during Lakshmi Pujan, the Pune Metro administration said. The revised schedule follows requests from commuters during the Diwali festivities.
Under the revised timetable, services will begin at 6 am and continue until 8 pm on November 8. The previously announced schedule would have ended services at 6 pm, meaning the extension adds two hours to evening operations.
The change is intended to provide more travel flexibility to passengers commuting during Lakshmi Pujan. The festival is being observed during the Diwali period, when travel demand and movement patterns can differ from regular weekdays and weekends. However, the available schedule announcement does not provide passenger estimates or details about expected ridership during the extended operating period.
Pune Metro has clarified that services will not operate between 8 pm and 11 pm on November 8. Commuters planning journeys later in the evening will therefore need to complete their metro travel by 8 pm or use other available modes of transport after services close.
Regular operations will resume from Monday, November 9, with trains scheduled to run from 6 am to 11 pm. The restoration of the normal timetable means that the extended Sunday service is a one-day adjustment rather than a permanent change to Pune Metro’s operating hours.
The announcement makes the closing time the key change for passengers: trains will run until 8 pm on Sunday instead of 6 pm, but the regular late-evening service window up to 11 pm will remain unavailable that day. Pune Metro has not announced any further changes to the schedule in the information supplied.
The revised operating plan places the immediate responsibility on commuters to account for the earlier-than-usual closure. Passengers travelling for Lakshmi Pujan-related activities or returning from festive visits will need to plan journeys around the 8 pm shutdown. From November 9, the metro’s regular 6 am to 11 pm schedule will apply again.
