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Pune Metro: 3-coach train arrives, trial run soon, says CMO

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

The trial run of Pune Metro will take place soon as a three-coach train with a capacity of 900 passengers has arrived from Nagpur, a statement from the Maharashtra chief minister's office said on Friday.

A replica coach was unveiled by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray here on Friday.

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One of the coaches will be reserved for women, it said.

The coaches are made of stainless steel, light-weight and vestibuled, it informed.

Work on Pune Metro began in June, 2017 and works like erecting pillars, track laying, installing signals etc were completed in a record 30 months.

 

The ground breaking of the line from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar was done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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First Published: Dec 27 2019 | 8:30 PM IST

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