PM Modi Inaugurates 23 km Pune Metro Line 3 Connecting Hinjawadi to Shivajinagar
The Pink Line, built at over Rs 8,300 crore, begins passenger service on November 4 with an all-women team of drivers.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pune Metro Line 3, the 23 km Pink Line, by video conference on November 3, 2026. Commercial passenger services began at 6 a.m. on November 4. The elevated corridor connects the Hinjawadi IT hub at Maan with the District Court station at Shivajinagar.
The project cost more than Rs 8,300 crore and was developed under a public-private partnership by a joint venture of Tata and Siemens. It is the first metro line in the country to be operated entirely by women drivers. Approximately 100 women have been trained to run the trains. About 30 percent of the line’s electricity will come from solar power.
Modi also laid the foundation stone for four additional corridors under Pune Metro Phase II, bringing the total investment for the day’s projects to around Rs 21,800 crore. He noted that India’s operational metro network has grown from 248 km before 2014 to roughly 1,200 km today, and that more than one crore people now travel by metro daily across 26 cities.
The Pink Line has 23 stations. Seventeen opened for service on November 4; the remaining six are scheduled for phased completion by January 2027. End-to-end travel time is about 45 minutes. Peak-hour frequency is planned at roughly every 5.5 minutes. Alstom supplied 22 three-car Metropolis trainsets built at its Sri City plant.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the line would cut daily commute times for thousands of IT professionals who previously faced long traffic delays between Hinjawadi and central Pune. The route passes through residential and commercial areas and is expected to reduce private vehicle use on the corridor.
Keolis holds a 10-year operating contract for the line. Siemens provided the railway systems under a turnkey agreement signed in 2022. The elevated alignment avoids much of the surface congestion that has characterized the Hinjawadi-Shivajinagar route for years.
The inauguration forms part of a broader expansion of urban rail in Maharashtra. Phase II corridors will add further links to residential, commercial, and IT zones across the Pune metropolitan region. Officials expect the combined network to improve connectivity and support economic activity in one of India’s major technology centers.
Passenger services on the new line started without major reported incidents. Commuters on the first day noted shorter travel times compared with road journeys during peak hours. Further stations will open as construction finishes, extending the usable network toward the end of 2026 and into early 2027.
