To cater to the increasing rush of passengers in the metro during peak hours, the Pune Metro Rail project has decided to increase a total of 64 trips of its services on the two routes and operate train service at every six minutes during peak hours from August 15. "From August 15, Pune Metro will operate train services at a 6-minute headway during peak hours. This significant improvement means commuters will wait less and travel faster, with 54 extra trips daily across both lines. The change ensures smoother rides, especially during the busy Ganpati season," said Shravan Hardikar, Managing Director of Maha-Metro. This increase in frequency of trips during peak hours will be between 8 am to 11 am and 4 pm to 8 pm when the trip will be every six minutes. However, the trip will continue to be every 10 minutes during non peak hours from 6 am to 8 am, 11 am to 4 pm and 8 pm to 11 pm. There were a total of 490 trips on both routes of PCMC–Swargate and Vanaz–Ramwadi corridors which span 33.2 km. Of the operation routes, 27.2 km is elevated and 6 km is underground, passing through key stations such as Shivaji Nagar, District Court, KasbaPeth, Mandai, and Swargate. "With the entire Phase I now fully operational, Pune Metro serves over two lakh commuters every day, offering the city a safe, green, and efficient way to travel," he said. The trials to reduce headway to six minutes have been ongoing for the last two months, he said, adding that after fulfilling all technical requirements, the headway time to 6 minutes is now going to be implemented from August 15. Hardikar said, “The 6-minute headway during peak hours is a step towards making metro travel faster and more convenient for the people of Pune, there will be 13 per cent more trips in a day. The trips are now 490 trips and will be increased to 554 trips from August 15.”
