Line 1 (Purple Line) of the

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. The line is elevated till Range Hills with 9 stations and further goes underground up to

with 5 stations.

Route

The line goes via Kasarwadi (Nashik Phata),

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and Shivajinagar. The maintenance depot for the Purple Line is located near the Range Hills station on the land acquired from the College of Agriculture.

Construction

Soil testing and topographical surveys of the concerned areas started in late December 2016. Excavation work for erection of pillars began in early June, 2017. The construction of the first pillar was completed by October 2017 and construction work of up to ten pillars was underway. The first viaduct was completely erected by January 2018. The first batch of tracks were laid between PCMC and Sant Tukaram Nagar in the second week of July 2019.

List of stations

Following is a list of stations on this route:

Infrastructure

Signalling

The Purple Line utilises the

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(CBTC) signalling system. Alstom was awarded a EUR90 million contract to supply the signalling and telecommunications systems for the Purple and Aqua Lines, as well as

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Line 2 and Line 7.

Incidents

On 21 October around 12AM, a fire struck at Mandai metro station. Located in the heart of the vegetable market in Pune. Fire Brigade reached the station and reported that the fire was caused by the Welding works at the station. No casualties were reported as no trains were running during the morning hours.

References

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