Frequency up: Metro trains to run every 6 mins during rush hours from Aug 15

Time of India

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Pune: Starting Aug 15, Metro trains will run every six minutes during peak hours (8 am to 11 am, 4 pm to 8 pm) on both functional routes — Vanaz-Ramwadi and Swargate-PCMC — instead of the existing frequency of seven minutes.
The frequency has been increased ahead of Ganeshotsav, which is scheduled to begin on Aug 27 this year. As many as 64 extra trips will now run daily on both routes.
Maha Metro officials said train commuters will not have to wait for longer at stations thanks to the enhanced trip frequency.
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Notably, Maha Metro has not changed the frequency of trains for non-peak hours; these will continue to run every 10 minutes.
There has been an increasing demand from Metro commuters over the last few months to introduce more trains on both routes, against the backdrop of a rise in daily footfall to 1.92 lakh.
In July, monthly footfall rose to 58.5 lakh.
City-based Ganesh mandals, at a recent meeting with PMC, had also urged the introduction of more trains or the attachment of more coaches to existing three-coach trains to deal with the imminent rush.
Shravan Hardikar, managing director of Maha Metro, told TOI, "The six-minute headway during peak hours is a step towards making Metro travel faster and more convenient for people. This translates to 13% more service in a day, taking the count from 490 daily trips to 554."
Maha Metro officials also said that after successfully conducting technical trials on both routes, it was decided to increase frequency during peak hours only for now.
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