India, April 9 -- The Pune Railway Division plans to develop two block stations on the Pune-Daund and Pune-Miraj routes to improve operations and passenger facilities.

Manjari station will be upgraded from a 'D' category flag station to a 'B' category station, while a new station will come up at Ramtekdi. The move is expected to ease train movement and benefit commuters on both routes.

Currently, Manjari functions as a basic halt for DEMU trains due to the lack of signalling and loop lines. A nearly 12-km Hadapsar-Loni stretch operates as a single block, allowing only one train at a time.

The upgrade will split this into two six-km blocks, enabling simultaneous movement, increasing frequency, and reducing delays.

Hemant Kumar Behera, ...