Pune railway division

Pune railway division is one of the five railway divisions of Central Railway (India) Zone of Indian Railways located at Pune of Maharashtra state in western India. The other railway divisions are Mumbai CSMT, Nagpur, Solapur and Bhusawal. There are 71 railway stations in Pune railway division.^[1]^[2]

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Background

Pune Division includes four districts of the state of Maharashtra which are Pune, Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur. The division includes one A1 class railway station, three A class stations, 1 B class station, 14 C class stations, 10 D class stations, 31 E class stations and 12 F class stations which makes a total of 71 railway stations in the division.^[3]

History

Ministry of Railways decided on formation of a new Railway Division at Pune on 10 January 1996. The foundation stone laying ceremony for the new division was held on 13 January 1996. Initially the Division was started with jurisdiction over Lonavala-Pune section only. With effect from 1 April 2003. Pune–Daund–Baramati section excluding Daund and Pune–Miraj–KOP section were added which increased the jurisdiction to 503.39. route-km.

Part of DRM office is functioning from campus of IRICEN and remaining offices are housed in a portion of Goods Shed, having entry from Ambedkar Marg. The Phase I of New DRM Office building is under construction and is expected to be ready by middle of this year.^[4]

Division has 71 stations out of which Pune is categorized as A1 station & Miraj and Kolhapur are categorized as A stations.

Twenty-four stations of daund-Ankai section will be merged with Pune railway division. Currently Daund-Ankai section is under solapur railway division. Merging with pune division will incarese the chances of starting demu services between Ahmednagar and pune railway station.^[5]

Ticketing

Pune railway division dealt with 3.35 crores of suburban and 3.63 crores of non-suburban originating passengers annually.

Passenger Reservation System (PRS) facilities are available at Pune junction plus 4 Cyber Booking Offices (CBOs) in Pune City i.e. Deccan Gymkhana, Shankarseth Road, Raviwar Peth & Pune Cant. PRS facilities are also available at Khadki, Chinchwad, Miraj, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Karad, Baramati. Two more PRS centres operated by Defence personnel are functioning at Khadki Cantt. & Dehu Road. PRS at Ichalkaranji post office is being operated by their staff.

Pune railway division has the distinction of being the first railway division to complete the installation of all UTS & UTS cum PRS locations. At present division has total 59 UTS (Unreserved Ticketing System) of which 12 are UTS cum PRS locations.

Goods traffic

POL, sugar, maize and motor vehicles constitute as major components of outward goods traffic. POL is loaded from LONI.Sugar from Gurmarket, Sangli, Karad, Baramati, Satara, Miraj and motor vehicles from Chinchwad.Approximately 600 rakes/year of outward traffic is handled on Pune Division.

Nearly 2000 Rakes/year of inward traffic is received and handled on Pune division. Cement and steel are received at Pune, Khadki, Loni, Saswad.Fertilizers, food grains are received at Miraj, Sangli, Saswad and Satara. POL loaded from Loni and other location is received at Miraj and Bhilvadi.^[6]

Connections

It connects other railway division of central Railway Zone as

Lonavala (exclude)-Pune Junction-Daund Junction (exclude)
Pune Junction - Satara - Sangli - Miraj Jn - Kolhapur
Daund Junction (exclude) - Baramati station will now be a part of Pune railway division. Twenty-four stations of Daund-Ankai section will be merged with Pune railway division. Currently Daund-Ankai section is under Solapur railway division. Merging with Pune division will increase the chances of starting DEMU services between Ahmednagar and Pune railway station.^[5]

Lonand Junction - Phaltan

Junction Stations and their routes

The Junction railway stations in the Pune railway divisions are Pune Junction and Miraj Junction.

Daund Junction railway station is not under Pune division (Exclude), but is under Solapur railway division.

The only terminal station in the division is Kolhapur as Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus.

List of railway stations and towns

Division has 71 stations out of which Pune is categorized as A1 station. Sangli, Miraj and Kolhapur are categorized as A stations. The list includes the stations under the Pune division and their station category.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Category of station	No. of stations	Names of stations
A-1 Category	1	Pune Junction
A Category	4	Sangli, Miraj Junction, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, Shivajinagar
B Category	2	Karad, Satara
C Category (Suburban station)	14	Malavli, Kamshet, Vadgaon, Talegaon, Ghorawadi, Begdewadi, Dehu Road, Akurdi, Chinchwad, Pimpri, Kasarwadi, Dapodi, Khadki
D Category	8	Baramati, Kedgaon, Jaysinghpur, Kirloskarwadi, Uruli, Hatkangale, Jejuri, Lonand
E Category	31	Hadapsar, Loni, Yewat, Patas, Sasvad, Phursungi, Alandi, Shirvade, Amble, Rajewadi, Daundaj, Walha, Nira, Salpa, Adarki, Wathar, Palsi, Jarandeshwar, Koregaon, Rahimatpur, Targaon, Masur, Shindwane, Shenoli, Bhavaninagar, Takari, Nandre, Rukdi, Ghorpuri, Valivade, Bhilawadi
F Category Halt Station	11	Amnapur, Kadethan, Kanhe, Katphal, Shriful Khutbav, Madhavnagar, Maladgaon, Manjri Bk., Nimshirgaon, Shirsai, Vishrambag
Total	70	-

Railway line and en route stations

There are four main lines in this railway subdivision and two branch lines.

The railway line en route station details are as follows

Pune-Lonavala

Pune Jn-Lonavala (Exclude)

The total length of this section is 63.83 Kilometers, which includes a total of 18 stations. Out of the 18 stations, there are 11 B class, a C class, 4 D class and 2 SPL class stations. The line includes a Double Line system, with traction of AC Electrification.

The system of working is Absolute Block System.

The maximum Permissible Speed are given below,

Mail/EXP Trains - 105 km/h
Passenger Trains - 105 km/h
EMU Locals - 80 km/h
Goods Trains - 75 km/h

En route station details-

Pune Junction, Shivajinagar , Khadki, Dapodi, Kasarwadi, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Akurdi, Dehu Road, Begdewadi, Ghorawadi, Talegaon, Vadgaon, Kanhe, Kamshet, Malavli and Lonavla(exclude)

Station	Station code	Main/Branch	Double/Single line	Distance in km
Pune Jn	Pune	Main	Double	0
Shivajinagar	SVJR			2.4
Khadki	KK			6.24
Dapodi	DAPD			8.22
Kasarwadi	KSWD			11.59
Pimpri	PMP			14.26
Chinchwad	CCH			16.42
Akurdi	AKRD			19.66
Dehu Road	DEHR			24.51
Begdewadi	BGWI			28.18
Shelarwadi	SLRW			29.65
Ghorawadi	GRWD			31.25
Talegaon	TGN			34.26
Vadgaon	VDN			38.21
Kanhe	KNHE			42.7
Kamshet	KMST			47.89
Malavli(Pune Division limit)	MVL			55.86
Lonavla	LNL			64.31

Pune-Daund

Pune Jn - Daund Jn (Exclude) The total length of this section is 75.59 Kilometers, which includes a total of 11 stations. Out of the 11 stations, there are 7 B class, no C class, 3 D class and 1 SPL class stations. The line includes a Double Line system, with traction of Electric. The electrification of the line was completed in October 2016.

The system of working is Absolute Block System.

The maximum Permissible Speed are given below,

Mail/EXP Trains - 105 km/h
Passenger Trains - 105 km/h
Goods Trains - 75 km/h
Enroute station details- Pune Junction, Hadapsar, Manjari Budruk, Loni, Uruli, Yavat, Khutbav, Kedgaon, Kadethan, Patas and Daund Junction.

Station	Station Code	Main/Branch	Double/Single line	Distance in km
Pune Junction	PUNE	Main	Double	0
Hadapsar	HDP			5.71
Manjari Budruk	MJBK			11.69
Loni	LONI			16.41
Uruli	URI			28.67
Yavat	YT			40.61
Khutbav	KTT			47.61
Kedgaon	KDG			54.03
Kadethan	KDTN			58.91
Patas	PAA			64
Daund Junction (Limit until goods yard and further extended until Baramati)	DD			76.61

Daund-Baramati

Daund Jn (Exclude) - Baramati The total length of this section is 43.70 Kilometers, which includes a total of 6 stations. Out of the 6 stations, there are 1 B class, no C class, 4 D class and 1 SPL class stations. The line includes a Single Line system.

The system of working is One Train Only System.

The maximum Permissible Speed are given below,

Mail/EXP Trains - 60 km/h
Passenger Trains - 60 km/h
Goods Trains - 40 km/h
En route station details- Daund Junction, Maladgaon, Shirsai, Sirsuphal, Katphal and Baramati.

Station	Station Code	Main/Branch	Double/Single line	Distance in km
Daund Jn	DD	Branch	Single	0
Maladgaon	MDDG			13.39
Shirsai	SSI			20.62
Sirsuphal	SSF			21.50
Katphal	KFH			33.64
Baramati	BRMT			43.70

This railway line may straight connectivity to Manmad to Sangli and South India .. Via connection of Ahmadnagar Baramati Phaltan Vita Tasgoan and Sangli

Baramati-Lonand

Baramati - Lonand Jn The total length of this section is 53.038 Kilometers, which includes a total of 6 stations. Out of the 6 stations, there are 1 B class, no C class, 4 D class and 1 SPL class stations. The line includes a Single Line system. The section meets the Pune-Miraj Section at Lonand Jn. The rail link from Lonand Jn to Phaltan was completed in 2011 but there is absolute no progress in rail link construction for the remainder section i.e. from Phaltan to Baramati. So this section is incomplete.

The system of working is One Train Only System.

The maximum Permissible Speed are given below,

Mail/EXP Trains - 60 km/h
Passenger Trains - 60 km/h
Goods Trains - 40 km/h
En route station details- Baramati, Sangawi, Phaltan, Nimbore, Taradgaon and Lonanad Jn.

Station	Station Code	Main/Branch	Double/Single line	Distance in km	Status
Baramati	BRMT	Branch	Single	0	Under construction
Sangawi	SNG			16.750	Under construction
Phaltan	PLT			24.175	Complete
Nimbore	NB			33.665	Complete
Taradgaon	TDG			44.875	Complete
Lonand Jn	LNN			53.038	Complete

Pune-Miraj

Pune–Miraj–Londa line The total length of this section is 279.05 Kilometers, which includes a total of 36 stations. Out of the 36 stations, there are 30 B class, no C class, 4 D class and 2 SPL class stations. The line includes a Single Line system. The section meets the Baramati-Lonand Section at Lonand Jn.

The system of working is Absolute Block System.

The maximum Permissible Speed are given below,

Mail/EXP Trains - 100 km/h
Passenger Trains - 100 km/h
Goods Trains - 75 km/h

En route station details- Pune Jn - Ghorpadi - Alandi - Jejuri - Lonand Jn - Satara - Sangli - Miraj Jn

Station	Station Code	Main/Branch	Double/Single line	Distance in km
Pune Jn	PUNE	Main	Double	0
Ghorpadi	GPR		Double	2.36
Sasvad Rd	SSV		Single	11.18
Phursungi	FSG			16.51
Alandi	ALN			23.22
Shindawane	SHIV			31.67
Ambale	ABELE			41.12
Rajevadi	RJW			45.84
Jejuri	JJR			58.03
Daundaj	DNJ			65.85
Valha	WLH			74.37
Nira	NIRA			84.54
Lonand Jn	LNN			92.16
Salpa	SLP			101.22
Adarki	AKI			109.22
Watkar	WTR			119.32
Palsi	PLV			128.71
Jarandeswar	JSV			137.66
Satara	STR			145.23
Koregaon	KRG			156.13
Rahimatpur	RMP			166.26
Targaon	TAZ			177.25
Masur	MSR			189.82
Shirvade	SIW			195.10
Karad	KRD			203.7
Shenoli	SNE			216.66
Bhavani Nagar	BVNR			224.92
Takari	TKR			230.34
Kirloskarwadi	KOV			238.60
Amnapur	ANQ			245.31
Bhilawadi	BVQ			252.26
Nandre	NDE			259.20
Madhavnagar	MDVR			268.80
Sangli	SLI			271.82
Vishrambag	VRB			273.71
Miraj Jn	MRJB			279.05

Miraj-Kolhapur

Miraj Jn - Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus The total length of this section is 47.10 Kilometers, which includes a total of 8 stations. Out of the 8 stations, there are 2 B class, no C class, 4 D class and 2 SPL class stations. The line includes a Single Line system.

The system of working is Absolute Block System.

The maximum Permissible Speed are given below,

Mail/EXP Trains - 100 km/h
Passenger Trains - 100 km/h
Goods Trains - 75 km/h
En route station details- Miraj, Jaysingpur, Nimshirgaon Tamdalge, Hatkanangale, Rukadi, Valivade, Gurumarket and Kolhapur.

Station	Station Code	Main/Branch	Double/Single line	Distance in km
Miraj	MRJB	Main	Single	0
Jaysingpur	JSP			11.78
Nimshirgaon Tamdalge	NMGT			20.79
Hatkanangale	HTK			26.48
Rukadi	RKD			33.38
Valivade	VV			40.46
Gurumarket	CRMT			43.85
Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	CSMT			47.10

Diesel Loco Shed

Diesel Loco Shed, Pune is an engine shed located in Pune, Maharashtra in India. It is located east of Pune Junction, falling under Pune Railway Division. Of the three diesel loco sheds in the Central Railway zone, this is the largest among them followed by Kurla and Kalyan.