Pune railway authorities have opened a 15,000-square-foot passenger holding area at Pune railway station and strengthened ticketing and security arrangements to manage an expected rush across Pune, Hadapsar and Khadki stations. The measures include space for nearly 2,200 passengers, 290 Railway Protection Force personnel and a one-time special train between Khatipura and Khadki.
The holding area is equipped with drinking water, toilets, urinals, lighting, public announcement systems, train information boards, passenger display screens and CCTV cameras. It is intended to give passengers an organised space to wait before boarding and reduce congestion within the main station areas.
Ticketing capacity has also been increased during busy periods. Six additional counters are operating at Pune station, while five extra counters have been made available at Hadapsar. Railway authorities have also deployed 57 additional ticket-checking staff to assist passengers and prevent people without valid reservations from entering reserved coaches.
Security deployment has been distributed across three stations. Pune station has been assigned 200 RPF personnel, while Hadapsar and Khadki have received 50 and 40 personnel respectively. The deployment is intended to support crowd management and passenger movement during the period of increased footfall.
Parcel operations at Pune station have been temporarily suspended from November 5 to November 15. The measure is intended to free up space and reduce movement within the station premises while passenger volumes remain high.
Central Railway has also scheduled a one-time Train on Demand special service between Khatipura and Khadki. Train No. 09729 will depart from Khatipura at 6 am on November 15 and is scheduled to reach Khadki at 7 am on November 16. The return service, Train No. 09730, will leave Khadki at 8.45 am on November 16 and arrive at Khatipura at 8.30 am the following day.
Bookings for the special service will open on November 14. The additional train is intended to provide another travel option alongside the station-level measures being implemented at Pune, Hadapsar and Khadki.
The arrangements combine temporary space management, additional ticketing capacity, increased personnel and a supplementary train service. Railway authorities have positioned these steps as an effort to make passenger movement and boarding more orderly during the rush period.
