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PMPML sees 13% rise in festival ridership despite fewer buses

India, Sept. 22 -- Pune - The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) recorded an increase in passenger traffic and revenue during the 8-day Ganeshotsav period this year compared with the corr... Read More


Navale Bridge crash puts pending gradient correction back in focus

India, Sept. 21 -- The death of a 22-year-old worker who was killed and six others injured after a container rammed into multiple vehicles on the Navale Bridge-Bhumkar Bridge stretch of the Mumbai-Ben... Read More


Hadapsar to get 5 new trains as 4th platform work begins

India, Sept. 21 -- Pune - Work on the fourth platform has begun at Hadapsar railway station which is being developed as a satellite terminal, paving the way for the introduction of at least five new ... Read More


MSRTC to add 200 Volvo buses to take on private luxury operators

India, Sept. 21 -- Pune - The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) is set to add 200 new, air-conditioned Volvo buses to its fleet as part of an initiative to woo passengers who curre... Read More


Firefighter sees smoke, alerts PMPML driver; pax safely evacuated

India, Sept. 19 -- A major mishap was averted at Shivajinagar Chowk on Friday after a firefighter from Kasba fire station spotted smoke emanating from the rear of a Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal... Read More


Thieves steal onion worth rRs.r40,000; second incident reported in Shirur in 15 days

India, Sept. 19 -- Thieves broke into farmer Bhimrao Eknath Khore's storage unit on September 16 and stole 17 bags of onions worth Rs.40,000. This is the second such incident in Shirur in the past 15 ... Read More


Railways completes fencing of 315 km stretch along Lonavla-Pune-Daund route

India, Sept. 19 -- The Pune railway division has completed 315 kilometres of protective fencing along the Lonavla-Pune-Daund route as part of a broader safety overhaul, officials said on Friday. Acco... Read More


DVOR, night-landing facilities to strengthen Amravati's air connectivity

India, Sept. 18 -- Pune Amravati airport's preparedness for the Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) and night-landing facilities was reviewed on September 16, with authorities con... Read More


15-day rail block to hit Pune train services from Sept 19

India, Sept. 18 -- Pune - Rail traffic in Pune and on several routes passing through the city is set to be affected for 15 days as Central Railway's (CR's) Pune division undertakes extensive pre-non ... Read More


First direct Beed-Pune daily train service launched

India, Sept. 18 -- The Central Railway launched its first daily direct train service between Beed and Pune on Thursday, providing a new rail connection between Marathwada and western Maharashtra. Dep... Read More