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The Pune Metro started operations on Line 1 from PCMC to Swargate and Line 2 from Vanaz to Ramwadi in phases between March 2022 and September 2024. The total length of both routes cutting across the city is 33.28 km with most of it elevated and around 5 km underground.

Line 3 — a 23-km stretch from Maan Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar — is all set to be operational in the next few weeks connecting the Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park to the central part of the city in Shivajinagar. Commuters will be able to interchange to travel on Line 1 and Line 2.

The total average ridership per day on Line 1 and Line 2 reached 1,87,299 in March 2026. The Pune Metro has been using three-coach trains since its inception four years ago. “The total average ridership on Line 1 and Line 2 is expected to reach 2,75,000 to three lakh per day after the start of Line 3. Thus, it is going to be necessary to increase the capacity of trains to carry more passengers, so we will start procuring six-coach trains,” said Shravan Hardikar, Managing Director of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (Maha-Metro), which is implementing the Pune Metro project. He said the Pune Metro needs to achieve a capacity to handle around six lakh passengers per day.

At present, there are 18 three-coach trains on the east-west Vanaz to Ramwadi corridor and 16 three-coach trains on the north-south PCMC to Swargate corridor. “There is a need to increase the number of trains on the east-west corridor by 15 and 12 trains on the north-south corridor,” Hardikar said.

With six-coach trains, the Pune Metro will also take up expansion of its depot at Vanaz and Range Hill, he said.

The Pune Metro has also started work on extending Line 1 from PCMC to Nigdi (4.4 km) and Swargate to Katraj (5.46 km) and Line 2 from Vanaz to Chandni Chowk (1.12 km) and Ramwadi to Wagholi (11.63 km). Work on Line 4 (31.64 km) from Khadakwasla to Kharadi via Swargate and Hadapsar and SNDT to Manikbaug will start soon.