Pune Metro services will begin at 3.40am on Sunday, November 15, across all three corridors to help participants reach the National Unity Run and Soldierathon venues on time, according to announcements by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) and Pune IT City Metro.
On the Pune Metro network, the first trains will depart at 3.40am from all four terminal stations: Ramwadi, Vanaz, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Swargate. The early-morning arrangement will also cover Line 3 of the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro corridor, where services towards Shivajinagar will begin from Maan and RK Laxman Museum-Balewadi stations at the same time.
Between 3.40am and 6am, trains on all three corridors will run at intervals of 20 minutes. The schedule provides an early public transport option for participants and accompanying commuters travelling to event locations that are spread across different parts of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
MahaMetro has additionally planned more frequent services from the District Court interchange station. Trains from District Court towards Vanaz and Pimpri-Chinchwad will operate every 10 minutes during the early-morning period, allowing passengers arriving from other corridors to transfer towards the two event destinations.
Participants in the National Unity Run will be able to use the Vanaz corridor to travel towards Tilak Chowk. Those attending the Soldierathon can use the Pimpri-Chinchwad corridor to reach the College of Military Engineering in Dapodi. The planned interchange services are intended to reduce transfer delays for passengers travelling from other parts of the network.
The early start comes outside Pune Metro’s usual operating window and is aimed at matching the reporting and participation schedules of the two events. For passengers using the service, the key operational points are the 3.40am first departures, the 20-minute frequency until 6am and the 10-minute District Court services towards Vanaz and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
MahaMetro and Pune IT City Metro have announced the arrangement specifically for Sunday’s events. Services will therefore be concentrated around the early-morning travel demand generated by the National Unity Run and Soldierathon, with the listed terminal, interchange and Line 3 stations serving as the main access points.
