Swargate bus station

Swargate bus station
Intercity and Intracity bus station
General information
LocationJedhe Chowk, Satara Road, Swargate, Pune
Coordinates18°29′56.56″N 73°51′29.78″E / 18.4990444°N 73.8582722°E / 18.4990444; 73.8582722
Owned byMaharashtra State Road Transport Corporation,
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited
ConnectionsRainbow BRTS,
Pune Metro (planned)
Construction
Structure typeAt grade station
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes

Swargate bus station consists of two adjacent bus stations in Pune, operated by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). It is located in the locality of Swargate in Pune, opposite the Swargate Police Station.[1]

MSRTC section

Swargate Bus stand (MSRTC section)

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation operates a bus station a Swargate. Approximately 1800 buses are estimated to arrive and depart from the terminus.[2] Buses of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation also pass through the bus station. In 2012, the traffic arm of the Pune Police proposed to split the bus station into different bus stations across the city to ease traffic congestion.[3]

Buses bound for Satara, Karad, Belgaum, Kolhapur, Hubli, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Miraj, Sangli, Mahabaleshwar, Bhor, Pandharpur, Tasgaon, Ichalkaranji, Gargoti, Gadhinglaj, Ajara, Shirala, Islampur, Vita, Jath, Wai, Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Solapur leave from the Swargate ST station.[4] Both the MSRTC and KSRTC operate services to the neighbouring state capital of Bangalore from Swargate while the former operates some of its services to the state capital of Mumbai via Lonavala as well.[5][6]

PMPML section

Swargate Bus stand (PMPML section)

The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has its headquarters at Swargate.[7]

The PMPML section of the bus station is named Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj bus station.[8] It is the common terminal point on the Hadapsar-Swargate and Katraj-Swargate sections of the Rainbow BRTS.[2]

Future

Swargate will have multimodal terminal with metro cum bus hub. It will have 10 platforms for buses with three platforms for metro.

See also

References

  1. ^ Thakur, Ruchika (21 July 2014). "To Park or not to park, dna checks out the safety measures taken by the police station across the city after the recent blasts". DNA. Pune. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Umbrajkar, Manish (9 September 2012). "Apathy helps Jedhe chowk fail traffic test". Times of India. Pune. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Traffic cops moot decentralisation of 3 MSRTC bus stands". Indian Express. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation plans over 1,900 additional trips for Diwali". Times of India. Pune. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ^ Sukhija, Sheetal (23 December 2011). "Bangalore-bound travellers prefer KSRTC to MSRTC". Mid-Day. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. ^ "MSRTC increases frequency of Hirkani and Shivneri buses". Indian Express. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. ^ Jadhav, Ashish (4 September 2012). "Over 5,000 grads, postgrads line up for conductors' jobs". Daily News and Analysis. Pune. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  8. ^ "11 parking lots and PMPML buses to Balewadi". Indian Express. Pune. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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