Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Pune Metro Line-3 on Tuesday and passenger services are scheduled to start at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
- The fully elevated 23.203 km corridor links Maan near Hinjawadi’s Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park with Shivajinagar and will open 17 of its 23 stations in a phased rollout.
- Seven of the initially opened stations will operate with limited access such as a single staircase while remaining civil and last‑mile works continue.
- Local authorities have ordered accelerated work on feeder roads, stormwater drainage, power substations and land acquisition to improve access for Hinjawadi IT commuters.
- The project was built under a DBFOT PPP at an estimated cost of Rs 8,313 crore, includes 7.60 MW of solar capacity to meet about 30% of needs, and will be operated largely by women train pilots with roughly half of station staff female.