Pune Metro successfully completes first trial run
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Pune Metro successfully completes first trial run

Pune Metro, which is to pass under the Mutha river, completed its trial run from Shivajinagar Civil Court underground station to Swargate station. In the trial run, which started at 10.58 am, the train crossed Budhwar Peth and Mandai stations to reach Swargate at 11.59 am. The distance between civil court station to Budhwar Peth station is 0.85 km, from Budhwar Peth to Mandai the distance is 1 km and from Mandai to Swargate the distance is 1.48 km. It took one hour to complete the run, during which it maintained a speed of 7.5 km per hour. In the successful trial run, the metro covered a total stretch of 3.34 km.

Shravan Hardikar, Managing Director of Maha Metro, said, ?The test run on the Civil Court underground station to Swargate station is a historic event for Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune. This route is underground and passes under the Mutha river. In the next few months, PCMC Station will have a seamless connection to Swargate station.?

Those present during the trial run included Hardikar; Director of Pune Metro Project Atul Gadgil; Conducting and System director Vinodkumar Aggarwal; Executive Director Public Relations and Administration Hemant Sonawane; Operation and Security and Maintenance Rajesh Dwivedi as well as Pune Metro officials and other staffers.

Pune Metro, which is to pass under the Mutha river, completed its trial run from Shivajinagar Civil Court underground station to Swargate station. In the trial run, which started at 10.58 am, the train crossed Budhwar Peth and Mandai stations to reach Swargate at 11.59 am. The distance between civil court station to Budhwar Peth station is 0.85 km, from Budhwar Peth to Mandai the distance is 1 km and from Mandai to Swargate the distance is 1.48 km. It took one hour to complete the run, during which it maintained a speed of 7.5 km per hour. In the successful trial run, the metro covered a total stretch of 3.34 km. Shravan Hardikar, Managing Director of Maha Metro, said, ?The test run on the Civil Court underground station to Swargate station is a historic event for Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune. This route is underground and passes under the Mutha river. In the next few months, PCMC Station will have a seamless connection to Swargate station.? Those present during the trial run included Hardikar; Director of Pune Metro Project Atul Gadgil; Conducting and System director Vinodkumar Aggarwal; Executive Director Public Relations and Administration Hemant Sonawane; Operation and Security and Maintenance Rajesh Dwivedi as well as Pune Metro officials and other staffers.

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