Aqua Line (Pune Metro)

Aqua Line of the Pune Metro is the second line of the city's mass transit network. It runs from Ramwadi to Vanaz, passing through key locations such as Mangalwar Peth and Deccan Gymkhana. The section from Vanaz to Garware College was inaugurated on 6 March 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The extension from Garware College to Ruby Hall Clinic was opened on 1 August 2023, and the remaining stretch to Ramwadi was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024.^[1]

Aqua Line
Pune Aqua line
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Pune
Termini	Vanaz Ramwadi
Stations	16 (Operational)
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Pune Metro
Operator(s)	MahaMetro
Rolling stock	Titagarh Firema
History
Opened	6 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-06)
Completed	6 March 2024 (2024-03-06)
Technical
Line length	14.66 km (Operational)
Character	Elevated
Route map Legend Chandni Chowk Kothrud Bus Depot Vanaz Vanaz Depot Anand Nagar Ideal Colony Nal Stop Garware College Deccan Gymkhana Chhatrapati Sambhaji Udyan PMC Bhavan Civil Court Purple Line  Line 3  Mangalwar Peth Pune Railway Station Ruby Hall Clinic Bund Garden Yerwada Kalyani Nagar Ramwadi Viman Nagar Somnath Nagar Kharadi Bypass Tulaja Bhavani Ubale Nagar Upper Kharadi Road Wagheshwar Temple Wagholi Siddharth Nagar Bakori Phata Vitthalwadi

Route

The Aqua Line of the Pune Metro is an elevated line covering a distance of 14.66 km (9.11 mi) and includes 16 stations. It connects with the Purple Line and Line 3 at the District Court interchange station. The maintenance depot for the Aqua Line is situated near the Vanaz station on land previously used as a garbage depot.^[2][3]

List of stations

Following is a list of stations on this route-

Aqua Line
#	Station name		Opening	Connections	Layout
	English	Marathi
1	Chandni Chowk	चांदणी चौक	Approved	None	Elevated
2	Kothrud Bus Depot	कोथरूड बस डेपो	Approved	None	Elevated
3	Vanaz	वनाझ	6 March 2022	None	Elevated
4	Anand Nagar	आनंदनगर	6 March 2022	None	Elevated
5	Ideal Colony	आयडियल कॉलनी	6 March 2022	None	Elevated
6	Nal Stop	नळ स्टॉप	6 March 2022	None	Elevated
7	Garware College	गरवारे महाविद्यालय	6 March 2022	None	Elevated
8	Deccan Gymkhana	डेक्कन जिमखाना	1 August 2023	None	Elevated
9	Chhatrapati Sambhaji Udyan	छत्रपती संभाजी उद्यान	1 August 2023	None	Elevated
10	PMC Bhavan	पुणे महानगरपालिका भवन	1 August 2023	None	Elevated
11	Civil Court	दिवाणी न्यायालय	1 August 2023	Purple Line &  Line 3	Elevated
12	Mangalwar Peth	मंगळवार पेठ	1 August 2023	None	Elevated
13	Pune Railway Station	पुणे रेल्वे स्टेशन	1 August 2023	Pune Junction railway station	Elevated
14	Ruby Hall Clinic	रुबी हॉल क्लिनिक	1 August 2023	None	Elevated
15	Bund Garden	बंड गार्डन	6 March 2024	None	Elevated
16	Yerwada	येरवडा	21 August 2024	Rainbow BRTS	Elevated
17	Kalyani Nagar	कल्याणी नगर	6 March 2024	Rainbow BRTS	Elevated
18	Ramwadi	रामवाडी	6 March 2024	Rainbow BRTS	Elevated
19	Viman Nagar	विमान नगर	Approved	None	Elevated
20	Somnath Nagar	सोमनाथ नगर	Approved	None	Elevated
21	Kharadi Bypass	खराडी बायपास	Approved	None	Elevated
22	Tulaja Bhavani	तुळजा भवानी	Approved	None	Elevated
23	Ubale Nagar	उबाळे नगर	Approved	None	Elevated
24	Upper Kharadi Road	अप्पर खराडी रोड	Approved	None	Elevated
25	Wagheshwar Temple	वाघेश्वर मंदिर	Approved	None	Elevated
26	Wagholi	वाघोली	Approved	None	Elevated
27	Siddharth Nagar	सिद्धार्थ नगर	Approved	None	Elevated
28	Bakori Phata	बकोरी फाटा	Approved	None	Elevated
29	Vitthalwadi	विठ्ठलवाडी	Approved	None	Elevated

Infrastructure

Signalling

The Aqua Line utilises the Alstom Urbalis 400 communications-based train control (CBTC) signalling system. Alstom was awarded a EUR90 million contract to supply the signalling and telecommunications systems for the Aqua and Purple Lines, as well as Mumbai Metro Line 2 and Line 7.^[4][5]

References

1. "Comfortable, convenient & economic: Citizens on Metro launch till Ramwadi". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
2. "MahaMetro takes possession of 35 hectares of land for project". The Times of India. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
3. "MahaMetro gets land for depot and multi-modal hub". The Times of India. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
4. "Alstom to provide state-of-the-art signalling system for Mumbai Metro and Pune Metro". Financialexpress. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. "Alstom bags Rs 700 crore contracts from Mumbai, Pune metros". Construction Week. Retrieved 9 July 2023.